8750 Class - 3608 - GWR Green Shirtbutton BR 16T Mineral The family were in agreement

The family were in agreement that it would be a wonderful idea so discussions with the DFR society then started

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Finally returning to the main line towards the end of 2015

we approached the Family of the Reverend Awdry to ask for their blessing to make a model of the locomotive bearing Wilbert’s name and it was suggested to them we could use the funds raised from the sales of the model to donate towards the real locomotive at the Dean Forest Railway

8750 Class - 3608 - GWR Green Shirtbutton BR 16T Mineral The family were in agreementCompleted at Swindon on the 2nd of Feb 1939 as part of Lot 314, was new to Oxford shed. Another of the type to have the more modern cab fitted as part of the 8750 variant, this had many of the later features you would associate with the type, such as the bunker steps and later type fillers. It was however built before the fitting of top feed and this would be added later. Another engine that would spend most of its life around one shed, it would not