Miscellaneous

Foleshill Railway: miscfr015

Peckett Class OY1 Special 0-4-0ST Works No 2085 is seen standing cold outside of Courtauld's shed on the Foleshill Railway. Built in 1948 and delivered new to Courtauld's Flint Factory, No 2085 was transferred to Coventry in June 1961 where it stayed until the Foleshill Railway was closed. One of the heaviest and most powerful 0-4-0ST built at operated in Britain it was preserved and initially transferred to the Yorkshire Dales Railway at Embassy later to be moved to the Pallot Heritage Steam Museum on the Isle of Jersey.

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