298 (Bella) AGNES

 This loco was built as a bare 2-4-2 chassis for the 12.25" gauge Ashorne Light Railway, where it was completed as a petrol-hydraulic and named 'Bella'. This attractive freelance narrow gauge machine was powered by a Coventry Climax Godiva fire-pump engine, circa 1942. In 2015 it was regauged to 10.25" by Michael Whitehouse, working at the Wilderness Railway as 'Glyder', then the Barnwell Hill Railway in Swalcliffe, where it was renamed 'Agnes'. Bella had originally been built as one of a pair with 2-4-2 Exmoor steam loco 'Ashorne', also now 10.25" and working at Rudyard Lake as 'Pendragon'