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Sharpthorn at the Bluebell Railway

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Manning Wardle & Co 0-6-0ST no.4 'Sharpthorn' at Sheffield Park, 16 January 1983. Ref 0002012 Manning Wardle & Co 0-6-0ST no.4 'Sharpthorn' at Sheffield Park, 16 January 1983. Ref 0002012

Manning Wardle & Co 0-6-0ST no.4 'Sharpthorn' was completed on 26 February 1877, making it the Bluebell Railway's third oldest locomotive, and the oldest surviving Manning Wardle locomotive.

The locomotive's connection with the Bluebell Railway started when the line's construction contractor Joseph Firbank used it for building the railway. Firbank disposed of it shortly afterwards, and after working in a number of industrial locations, latterly for Samuel Williams, it returned to the Bluebell line for the line centenary in 1982.

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