United Glass 0-4-0WT No. 'The King'
Preston, Lancashire, UK 		Location: Ribble Steam Railway
Status: Operational
Posted: Apr 28, 2025 @ 12:04:51 by Russell Newman
The ex United Glass, Borrows & Sons 1906 built 0-4-0WT Works No. 48 "The King", is visiting the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway for the first time for their Railway 200 Cotswold Festival of Steam from the 24th to 26th of May 2025.
Posted: Oct 2, 2024 @ 14:10:21 by Russell Newman
The ex United Glass Borrows & Sons 1906 built 0-4-0WT Works No. 48 "The King", is now back home at the Ribble Steam Railway at Preston in Lancashire, where it has made its debut back in traffic there during their Autumn Steam Gala.
Posted: Jun 24, 2024 @ 11:06:06 by Russell Newman
The ex United Glass Borrows & Sons 1906 built 0-4-0WT Works No. 48 "The King", is now operational again having completed is restoration at the Flour Mill Works at Bream in Gloucestershire, and has been undergoing testing and running in trials at the nearby Avon Valley Railway. The locomotive is due to return home to the Ribble Steam Railway at Preston in Lancashire, in time for the summer season there.
Posted: Oct 26, 2019 @ 08:10:13 by Russell Newman
It has been announced in Heritage Railway Magazine that the former United Glass Borrows & Sons 1906 built 0-4-0WT No. 48 "The King" is to be overhauled back to steam again as its owner is sending the locomotive to the Flour Mill Works at Bream in Gloucestershire for its overhaul.
Posted: Apr 8, 2010 @ 04:04:07 by W Reaney
The Ribble Railway official site Lists the year built as 1906