William Shelford Posted 19 February , 2019 Share Posted 19 February , 2019 The Greensand Railway Museum Trust, owners of two first world war narrow gauge railway locomotives, War Department Light Railways 778 (a 4-6-0T steam loco) and LR2182 (an armoured 4-wheeled Petrol Mechanical loco), both based on the Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway in Bedfordshire, have issued the attached press release concerning the restoration of LR2182. Photos of another similar loco (which was LR2187) were recently posted at https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/269922-world-war-1-steam-train-in-antigua/. [As this is NOT a steam loco, can someone change the tile to world-war-1-petrol-locomotive-in-Antigua.] Regards, William GRMT Press Release - 2182.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorporalPunishment Posted 19 February , 2019 Share Posted 19 February , 2019 Let's hope the LBNGR site doesn't fall prey to the "Itinerant scrap metal merchants" who are in the vicinity and on the increase. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Bailey Posted 20 February , 2019 Share Posted 20 February , 2019 Great restoration. Does one of these still run on the Somme from time to time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Shelford Posted 20 February , 2019 Author Share Posted 20 February , 2019 (edited) There are no WW1 vintage Simplex's in France, those that have operated their on the Froissy-Cappy-Dompierre Railway in recent years have been visitors from the UK. While I know of no requests yet for a visit, I would not be surprised it returns to France in due course. Edited 20 February , 2019 by William Shelford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Bailey Posted 20 February , 2019 Share Posted 20 February , 2019 Thanks for the update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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