lil Bear
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Batt Holden Ltd are the owners of USATC S160s nos 5197 and 6046, plus LMS 8F no. 48173. Their base is at Cheddleton in Staffordshire, where they provide engineering support to the Churnet Valley Railway alongside their own activities. Whilst they have no website, their Facebook page does receive (in)frequent updates. This morning they have announced some of the work undertaken since the autumn, and the addition of a 4th member to the fleet.
Update from Batt Holden (open to the public)
https://www.facebook.com/568397586883216/posts/1493028327753466/?d=n
Update from Batt Holden (open to the public)
https://www.facebook.com/568397586883216/posts/1493028327753466/?d=n
This year we have made big efforts to deal with long standing ‘issues’ with our locomotives. It is quite common to defer some repairs to winter or even major overhaul, as however we had plenty of spare time we have made good use of it.
Both S160’s have been in service at the Churnet Valley Railway in 2020, and to assist the railway we offered free use of our locomotives for the season.
5197
In September we discovered an old Chinese repair on the LH cylinder had failed. No doubt made up of material we are no longer able to use, we investigated various options and took 2 decisions...
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