RLJ1 0-4-0WT No. 3 'Lakvik'
Risten, Sweden
Location: Risten-Lakviks Järnväg
Status: Operational
Abbreviation Expansion English
1 RLJ Risten-Lakvik Järnväg Risten-Lakvik Railway
Posted: Mar 17, 2022 @ 08:03:48 by Dale W Fickés
This was originally procured by M. Strass of Karlsruhe for Brothers Wunsch, Forbach. It was later, in the 1960s owned by Karl Eppel of Kieswerk, Forchheim as No. 12, afterwards at some time moving to, and from, Seattle in the USA! In 1990 it went to Frövi Maskin and the railway museum in Örebro, Sweden and in 2006 to form part of the Hollcombe Steam Collection, Iron Hill, Liphook, Hampshire, UK. In 2007;it was reported to be on the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway at Parracombe, Devon, noted in 2012 but no longer appears on their website.
Posted: Mar 6, 2022 @ 13:03:21 by Steve Frost, European Editor
Loco was reported as being sold to Risten-Lakviks Järnväg in December 2013, as shown on the site.
Posted: Mar 6, 2022 @ 13:03:42 by Dale W Fickés
This is Maffei, NOT K-M and believed to have been in Devon UK since 2012.
Posted: Aug 6, 2017 @ 14:08:10 by George Morris
This locomotive is now named Lakvik