D4279, 'Arthur Wright', John Fowler 0-4-0DM built 1952 in Swithland sidings, 5th October 2013
Arthur Wright was built for use at the East Midlands Gas Board. Her first area of work was at Carr House Works in Rotherham, before moving to Derby in the 1960s. Afterwards she was sold to Albert Looms in 1970 and worked for the company until 1974, and was sold into private hands. Arriving in early 1975, she was repainted and named after the late Arthur Wright, a director for the MLST. In her earliest years of preservation she was proven to be a valuable asset to the railway, when run-round facilities were very limited. However, she is now in store at Swithland, awaiting a much-needed overhaul. (Source: Wikipedia). Photograph taken from a moving carriage window using a Pentax K-5 with an SMC Pentax K 50mm f1.2 lens.
D4279, 'Arthur Wright', John Fowler 0-4-0DM built 1952 in Swithland sidings, 5th October 2013
Arthur Wright was built for use at the East Midlands Gas Board. Her first area of work was at Carr House Works in Rotherham, before moving to Derby in the 1960s. Afterwards she was sold to Albert Looms in 1970 and worked for the company until 1974, and was sold into private hands. Arriving in early 1975, she was repainted and named after the late Arthur Wright, a director for the MLST. In her earliest years of preservation she was proven to be a valuable asset to the railway, when run-round facilities were very limited. However, she is now in store at Swithland, awaiting a much-needed overhaul. (Source: Wikipedia). Photograph taken from a moving carriage window using a Pentax K-5 with an SMC Pentax K 50mm f1.2 lens.