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Part 3! New project! Earlier this year I was offered the opportunity to fully buy an item that I used to part own. And I don't think anything of its type has ever featured on this forum.... It's a locomotive... yes a train... Built in 1957, works number 2654 she was used for most of its life at Pilkington glass, st Helens. And she is called Doncaster.... yes Doncaster. It's a back burner project, as it needs shed space to be worked on. The spec. Roll-royce C6T. 6 cylinder, 12ltr non intercooled turbo diesel producing around 200hp and 800nm of torque. Top speed is around 20mph. It's a shunting loco. Designed to move heavy weights at low speed. Plans, reassemble, full rewire, refit all Windows, commission a vac brake system, and repaint... And eventually get her to a railway where it'll be used and looked after. So yeah... a train.... I never thought I'd start a project thread on a train on a car forum....