Picture above taken 19th August 2009 - a sad sight !
The refurbishment of the Leisure Centre has given local residents views of a hidden gem. The history of the locomotive is documented on this website, however, does anyone know how the locomotive ended up in the grounds of the Leatherhead Leisure Centre ?
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Apparently it was donated to the Leisure Centre when the Water Park was still open. It may have been for the children to play on.
ReplyDeleteThe donor was allegedly Adrian White founder of Biwater in Dorking. Biwater is associated with a company that was once part of George Stephenson empire. The company the made the loco was owned by Robert Stephenson.
The Industrial Railway Society, think a preservation trust would be interested in rescuing the engine from the scrap yard.
A a point of interest, the staem locomotive called 'Leatherhead' is no longer in existence as a complete unit. Initial research, suggests some of it's parts were used to restore other engines. The 'Leatherhead' was named after St. John's School because other engines in this class of locomotives were all named after famous school on the lines that they serviced. The class was known as the 'schools' class.
ReplyDeleteThe name plate for the 'Leatherhead' now resides at St Johns School
ReplyDeleteThe Hawthorn Leslie 3837 Preservation society has just purchased 3837 from Mole Valley district council where she has been standing on display for over 25 years behind Leatherhead leisure centre. We are now in the process of moving her to her new home where she will be fully overhauled into full working order.
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The Hawthorn Leslie 3837 Preservation society has just purchased 3837 from Mole Valley district council where she has been standing on display for over 25 years behind Leatherhead leisure centre. We are now in the process of moving her to her new home where she will be fully overhauled into full working order.
ReplyDeletefor more infomation go to www.3837.pvsonline.com