ATLAS

'Atlas' is a 9.5" gauge locomotive thought to have been built around 1890, although the chassis may have been based around a much older locomotive of circa 6-inch gauge. It was bought by an enthusiast in Birmingham in the 1940s, but never steamed well, and was later sold, finding its way to California, USA. After running for a few years it was left standing (with water in the boiler!) until repatriated to the UK a decade later with three carriages. Now under restoration by Freddie Toher, who would welcome any other information.