Robert Heath & Sons 0-4-0ST No. 6
Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, UK 		Location: Foxfield Railway
Status: Overhaul
Posted: Feb 5, 2021 @ 09:02:10 by Luke
status should be overhaul.
Posted: Dec 7, 2006 @ 13:12:27 by Steve Frost
The sparse details given suggest this could be (might as well be) No6, built by Robert Heath and Sons at Biddulph Iron Works in 1886. The story goes that they bought an 0-4-0ST from Falcon in Loughborough (Brush Electrical Machines today) and copied it. There were several of this type built by them for use in their own iron works, but No 6 is the sole survivor. It was preserved at a mining museum in Stoke on Trent but when that closed its future in north Staffordshire was uncertain. It was purchased by local enthusiasts so that it could remain in its home area. Still steaming, although the boiler, at any rate, dates from the 1950's.