Railway Herald
Class WD Austerity 0-6-0ST S134 "Wheldale" at a wet Bolton Abbey Station on 8th August 2017. It was built in 1944, bearing their works number 3168. Although it is referred to by its NCB number, S134, it became part of the Armyâ??s fleet, based at Bicester, as their No. 134 â?? it would appear that the coal board simply added an â??Sâ?? prefix later!
Wheldale came to the railway from NCB Wheldale Colliery, Castleford, where it had been at work until the early 1980â??s.
David Lawrence
