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BODMIN & WENFORD RAILWAY  
Drummond T9 No 30120

  

 

 

Built at Nine Elms in 1899 for the London & South Western Railway.
Works No 572
Wheel Arrangement 4-4-0

Numbers carried: 120, E120, 120, 30120
Last operational: mid 1990s
 

 
The T9s were nicknamed Greyhounds on account of the turn of speed they could achieve. When first built, they were used for the lightly loaded expresses from Plymouth to Waterloo at a time when there was fierce competition between the LSWR and the GWR for passengers arriving on the transatlantic liners. In later years No.119 was reserved exclusively for use on the Royal train, but it was No.120 which later achieved celebrity status when restored by British Railways to its LSWR livery it was used on enthusiasts trains in the early 1960s.

No.120 became part of the National Collection, and was on display at York for a time. It was subsequently returned to working order, and has run on the Mid Hants and Swanage Railways and exhibited at the Bluebell Railway before moving to Bodmin in February 2008..

It is currently (as at March 2008) planned that the locomotive will be on static display at Bodmin General during the summer and for the Steam Gala (September 5th - 7th) before moving to the Flour Mill Workshops for a detailed examination to determine the possibility of restoring the locomotive to working order.  Under the agreement with the National Railway Museum the locomotive can only be restored if major component replacement is not required.

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