Andrew Barclay built this locomotive in the early Post War period, it is very similar to the locomotives built for the Army at the end of the Second World War like
Andrew Barclay 371. AB376 however was destined for civilian industrial use, it was supplied to Lever Brothers at their
Port Sunlight works.
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| AB376 at Tyseley in green |
| Information |
| Built: |
1948 |
| Builder: |
Andrew Barclay |
| Motor: |
Gardner 8-cylinder diesel |
| Power: |
150 hp (112 kW) |
| Wheel arrangement: |
0-4-0 |
When those works closed AB376 was sold to British Gypsum and worked at their site at Erith until final retirement and preservation in 1985. For a time the locomotive was at the North Downs Steam Railway later at the Spa Valley Railway. Nowadays it is at the
Tyseley Locomotive Works where it is being restored.
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| AB376 at Tyseley Locomotive Works in undercoat |
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| Rear view of 376 |
