5mt Fails At Mid-hants Gala - 2mt Withdrawn

摘要

A short boiler ticket extension was secured for John Jones' MHR-based LMS Ivatt 2-6-2T No. 41312, enabling the 2MT to appear at the Mid-Hants Railway's March 13-15 spring steam gala.rnImmediately after the gala, it was withdrawn pending a ten-year overhaul.rnThe next loco to return to MHR traffic will be JeremyrnHosking-owned 9F No. 92212, which was receiving new tubes during March with hydraulic and steam tests expected to be passed by the end of April. A return to service in July or August is anticipated.rnThe MHR's spring gala featured Buckinghamshire Railway Centre visitors, Beattie 2-4-0WT NO. 30585 and Metropolitan Railway E Classrn0-4-4T No. 1, plus recently-arrived No. 850 Lord Nelson although 5MT No. 73096 suffered a major failure - full story next month.rnAfter the gala, LNER A4 No. 60019 Bittern left to visit the West Somerset Railway's spring gala - becoming the first A4 to work on the Minehead branch.