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BODMIN AND WENFORD RAILWAY. Railways opened Cornwall up as a premier tourist destination in the Victorian period. This Drummond T9 locomotive was built in 1899 for the London & South Western Railway (LSWR). It worked the Atlantic Coast Express service from Waterloo to Wadebridge and Padstow bringing holiday-makers to Cornwall. There was then fierce competition with the Great Western Railway for passengers arriving on the Transatlantic liners.
Last seen working in Wadebridge in 1963, 30120 is the sole survivor of its class. Owned by the National Railway Museum, it was restored by the Bodmin & Wenford Railway Trust with money generously donated by the Railway's benefactor, Mr Alan Moore, who also financed the restoration of the NRM's Beattie Well Tank engine No. 30587, as well as its sister No. 30585 (owned privately) and several other engines of Cornish interest.
The T9 was launched at a gala in September 2010 by Helen Ashby of NRM, and occasionally works trains at special events.
Steam locomotive
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