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  • Class: 4MT
  • Designer: R.A. Riddles
  • Wheels: 2-6-4T
  • Built: 1955 at Brighton Works
  • Arrived On Bluebell Railway: October 1978
  • Current Status: Ex-Barry Scrapyard condition, stored under tarpaulin (at Horsted Keynes)
  • Owned By: Bluebell Railway

One of two Standard 4 Tanks on the Bluebell, this particular locomotive was not a Southern-based engine in its BR days, working from Tilbury and later Shrewsbury until withdrawn for scrapping. As with 80151, it also survived at Barry Scrapyard long enough to be saved for preservation, arriving at the Bluebell in 1978.

It is retained because it belongs to the railway, and the strong links between the class and the line. However it is relegated to a long-term restoration objective, thanks to the presence on the line of the restored 80151.

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