CWS Irlam Soap Works 0-4-0ST No. 6 'Oliver Veltom'
Oswestry, Shropshire, UK 		Location: Cambrian Railway Society
Status: Operational
Posted: Jun 25, 2022 @ 09:06:25 by Russell Newman
The former CWS Irlam Soap Works Peckett built 0-4-0ST No. 6 (Works No. 2131) "Oliver Veltom" is under overhaul at Oswestry and is expected to steam again at the Cambrian Heritage Railway in 2023 doubling its operational locomotive fleet then.
Posted: Sep 11, 2009 @ 07:09:31 by Steve Frost
The Cambrian Railways operated, as the name suggests, in Wales, but the richest pickings were in the parts of Wales that the Cambrian didn't serve. This left the Cambrian running through sparsely populated rural areas. A large part of the system was swept away in the 1960s, and the Cambrian Railway Society is devoted to restoring a small part of the former Cambrian Railways from the system's old headquarters in Oswestry.

Why has this loco been called 'Oliver Veltom'?

He was, in the British Railways era, the District Traffic Superintendent for the Cambrian area in the 1950s and the naming of the loco reflects his work in the old Cambrian Railways area.