HE3806 - Wilbert Class 30 / 31 in honour of the former

in honour of the former Rowntree’s York employee

500 gal tender with numerous variations including riveted and flush sides

66190 was put to work almost immediately on a wide variety of freight work

his eponymous railway company has now acquired 11 Class 37s as they have slowly come up for sale by Direct Rail Services

CAWD 92712

HE3806 - Wilbert Class 30 / 31 in honour of the formerWilbert 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