78018. 'Snowdrift at Bleath Gill' ……….
20.12.2014. BR Standard Class 2MT 2-6-0 No 78018 in the workshop at Loughborough.
This locomotives claim to fame is that it was the engine that was stuck in the snow in the February 1955 film ' Snowdrift at Bleath Gill'.
Built in 1953 it was based at Kirkby Stephen before being withdrawn in 1966 and then spending eleven years at Barry. After one or two efforts to restore it, 78018 arrived at Loughborough in Nov 2012 where it can be worked on under cover. It is planned that the locomotive will be based on the GCR for the duration of its 10 year boiler ticket.
78018. 'Snowdrift at Bleath Gill' ……….
20.12.2014. BR Standard Class 2MT 2-6-0 No 78018 in the workshop at Loughborough.
This locomotives claim to fame is that it was the engine that was stuck in the snow in the February 1955 film ' Snowdrift at Bleath Gill'.
Built in 1953 it was based at Kirkby Stephen before being withdrawn in 1966 and then spending eleven years at Barry. After one or two efforts to restore it, 78018 arrived at Loughborough in Nov 2012 where it can be worked on under cover. It is planned that the locomotive will be based on the GCR for the duration of its 10 year boiler ticket.