Fortunately, the care and expense of her original restoration paid off, and no major problems emerged during the overhaul, and she was back in business by Easter at her current at the West Lancashire Light Railway at Hesketh Bank, near Southport.
“Stanhope” has recently embarked on an end-of-summer tour, and this weekend has seen her working at the Golden Valley Light Railway, part of the Midland Railway Centre at Butterley, Derbyshire.
From the GVLR, “Stanhope” will visit the Moseley Railway Trust’s Apedale base for the September 13 & 14 open days.
