L&SWR Adams “Radial” Tank 4-4-2T Class O415 No.488
with the 15.35pm Sheffield Park on Freshfield Bank – 12.5.1974
This train had “The Booksekllers Association “ special headboard
Dave Cobbe Collection
Notes:-
Class: 415, introduced 1882
Wheels: 4-4-2T
Built: March 1885 by Neilson & Co, Glasgow (Works No. 3209)
Numbers carried: 488, 0488, EKR 5, 3488, 30583
Sold by LSWR: to Ministry of Munitions September 1917, and sold on to EKR April 1919
Bought back by SR: 1946
Withdrawn: July 1961
Arrived on Bluebell: 12 July 1961
Last major overhaul: 1985
Last operational: 1990
Current status: Static display, awaiting major boiler work
Owner: Bluebell Railway
