FOWLER 4220016
“Flying Falcon”
TYPE: 0-4-0 DH
BUILT: in 1962
WEIGHT: 29tons
ENGINE: Cummins 6cyl
DRIVE: hydraulic
Manufactured by John Fowler & Co (Leeds) Ltd.
Fitted with a Cummins 6cyl turbo charged engine, connected to a hydraulic torque converter with Wilson reversing final drive. Special one off design with a cut-down cab due to height restricted bridge at its first home Groby Granite, Leicestershire. Following disuse moved to Meldon quarrys for reclamation of spares for dumper trucks. This never happened and the engine saw some use. Taken into the care of the local heritage association until this disbanded in 2019. Bought by a member and returned to the midlands for preservation.