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WADEBRIDGE (34007) LOCOMOTIVE LTD

Wadebridge at work
Photos © Tony Pearce

Wadebridge (34007) Locomotive Ltd is the owner and restorer of the ex-Southern Railway/British Railways Bulleid pacific locomotive Nº34007 WADEBRIDGE. Entering service in August 1945, her brief career ended when she was withdrawn on 7 October 1965 and sold to Woodhams scrap yard at Barry Island, South Wales.
 
Purchased from there by the Plym Valley Railway Association, she arrived in Plymouth on 23 May 1981. It then became PVR policy for rolling stock to be owned by separate companies or individuals, so Wadebridge (34007) Locomotive Ltd was created to fulfil this need. Subsequently space at the PVR was at a premium so the restoration moved to a factory site alongside the Bodmin & Wenford line at Bodmin.
 
Almost 25½ years after purchase, the locomotive finally returned to traffic...................

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