![]() Robin Hood at Elvaston Steam Rally 2009 | |
Engine Details | |
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Current Name | Robin Hood |
Manufacturer | Foster |
Build date | 1920 |
Serial no. | No. 14431 |
Registration no. | FE 3217 |
Weight Tons (kg) | 8 ton (5 ton in TER list) |
Specifications | |
Power nhp | 4 nhp |
No. of Cylinders | twin |
Cylinder type | compound |
Linkage Type | ? |
No. of Gears | 2 |
Ownership | |
Original Owner | ? |
Current Owner / Keeper |
F & L Dockray, Long Whatton |
Date bought (Current) | ? |
Notes | Converted to showmans style in 1967 by the Stubbins Family |
Foster no. 14431 was built in 1920 and has the registration no. FE 3217 and is currently named Robin Hood.
Engine history[]
Supplied new on September the 11th 1920 as an Tractor type engine.
In 1967 was converted to showman's style by the Stubbins Family of Nottingham and used for powering a set of children's rides.
Spent part of the 2nd World War as a Standby power source at a Carpet factory and a coal mine, it was then parked under a tree in 1941 were she sat for 36 years till 1977 when she was re steamed.
Bought by Fred & Linda Dockray, from Long Whatton in ? and fitted with a new canopy of local grown ash & oak. As well as firebox, boiler barrel, belly tanks, tender and fly wheel, and finished off with new whistle and showman's bell.
Events this engine has attended[]
- 2010
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- 2009
- 2008
Gallery[]
Add more images of this engine here
See also[]
- List of Named Vehicles
- List of Vehicles by registration number
- List of Steam Machinery Manufacturers
- Glossary Index
- Preservation & collector related
References / sources[]
- show guide + info board for exhibit
- TER 2008
External links[]
- More Photos of 14431 on the Steam Scenes web site
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