Date: 19/04/2023

Cambrian Heritage Railways has welcomed a new arrival at its Oswestry terminus ahead of the award winning heritage railway opening its doors for the new running season.

The steam engine Grant Ritchie 272 is on loan from the Ribble Steam Railway And Museum in Preston and will provide the main steam attraction along the two mile of railway between Oswestry to Weston Wharf.

No.272 was built in 1894 and was the 14th loco built by Grant Ritchie. It is the manufacturers sole surviving 0-4-0ST.

There is a 1914 built 0-4-2ST preserved at the Prestongrange Mining Museum in Scotland.

No.272 was delivered new to Kinglassie Colliery Leslie in Fife and carried the running number 21.

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Grant Ritchie 272 of 1894, an 0-4-0ST once resident in the Fife coalfield, now restored from scrapyard condition to full working order by Ribble Steam Railway volunteers See image [[56443]]. Behind this rare survivor is USA 0-6-0T 30072, for many years a member of the KWVR fleet at Haworth but now being refurbished by the RSR.
Location: Ribble Steam Railway Workshops
Company: Ribble Branch (North Union Railway and Preston Corporation Joint)
22/05/2017 Bill Roberton

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