297 (Ashorne) PENDRAGON

Delivered
Gauge
12¼"
Prototype class
Outline
Narrow Gauge
Wheel arrangement
2-4-2
Cylinder arrangement
Locomotive type
Tank
Motive power
Steam
Comments

Built for the 12.25" gauge Ashorne Light Railway and named 'Ashorne'. Later sold to Rudyard Lake Railway, regauged to 10.25" and named 'Pendragon'. 'Ashorne' was one of a pair with 298 'Bella', which was built as a bare chassis by Exmoor and completed by the Ashorne Light Railway as petrol-hydraulic 'Bella', which was also subsequently regauged to 10.25", working at the Wilderness Railway, and now the Barnwell Hill Railway as 'Agnes'.

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