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    Mystery name from Col Stephens’ loco donated to railway museum

    Jun 04, 2019 3 minutes
    By Geoff Courtney
    COLONEL STEPHENS MUSEUM COLLECTION
    COLONEL STEPHENS MUSEUM

    AN enigmatic nameplate from a mid-Victorian steam locomotive that during a long career helped to both construct and dismantle lines within the Colonel Stephens’light railway empire, has been put on public display after being donated to a museum.

    The nameplate is from an 0-6-0ST built by Manning Wardle in 1866 (works No. 178) that saw service on several lines until being

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