Railway Herald
0-6-0ST No. 5459 Austin 1 is seen inside the shed at Llangollen on the 13th July 2008. This loco was built by Kitson of Leeds as works No. 5459 in 1932, it was delivered new to the Austin Motor Co at their Longbridge Works where it was known as Austin 1.The locomotive was purchased by Burtonwood Brewery in November 1973 on behalf of the Flint and Deeside Railway Society and was stored behind the Nant Hotel in Prestatyn until the society moved to Llangollen in 1975. The locomotive was named Burtonwood Brewery in honour of the brewery, who paid for restoration and fitting of vacuum brake gear required for working passenger trains.
David Wragg
