including regular bouts of Eastfield ‘Westies’
unlike the final I89 order that were painted in standard black with red lining
Luckily it was bought by scrap merchant Dai Woodham and spent a number of years languishing before being moved to the Dean Forest Railway and returned to steam in 1984
It was withdrawn from Wellington shed in 1962 before being scrapped
allowing operation over a minimum radius of 371mm (1st radius set-track)
HE3806 - Wilbert Accessory including regular bouts of EastfieldWilbert as we have come to know him, was built by Hunslet, Leeds, in 1953. One of a number of postwar austerities, ordered by the National Coal Board. It was delivered in December that year to Rawnsley loco shed, Staffordshire for its first employment in the South Staffordshire coalfield and was painted a light green colour. Works number 3806 led an average working life, moving around the coalfield to Cannock shed, and then West Cannock. At some point