Programme cover from the 2006 Bedford Steam & Country Fayre

 

Maker:
Garrett
Type:
Showman’s Road Locomotive
Year:
1908
Works No:
27160
Registration No:
AD 1891
Name:
British Hero
Weight:
 
NHP:
6
Further information:
Supplied new to A. Dawson of Rushmere St. Andrew as a Road Locomotive with neither canopy or belly tanks. It was soon returned to Garrett’s and these were fitted. The engine then moved to W. Swallow of Gloucestershire before passing to T. Walker of Tewkesbury in 1912. It was converted to a Showman’s type and sold to Sheppards Amusements. Rescued for preservation in 1956 and purchased by the present owners in 1991, who totally restored the engine over a seven-year period.
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