73082 Camelot 4-6-0 at Ropley/Watercress Line 5th Oct 2010
1955 Built at Derby as British Rail Class 5 MT
Bought by Woodhams scrap yard 11/1966 and 16 years later after restoration returned to “traffic” on Bluebell Line.
Weight 77 tons, Driving wheel 6’ 2” (1.9m),
Boiler pressure 225 psi , Tractive effort 26,120 lbf
On Christmas Eve 1964 this locomotive achieved a speed of 107mph through Andover