British Gypsum Hilda

Hilda, stored at Bere Ferrers Station in March, 2016.

Name

Hilda

Railway(s)

Tamar Belle Railway

Status

Stored

Location

Bere Ferrers Station, Devon, England, UK

Technical specifications

Type

Saddle tank engine

Serial number(s)

1963

Manufacturer(s)

Peckett & Sons

Build date

1938

Model

Peckett M5 class

Wheel arrangement

0-4-0ST

Axles

2

Dia. of Drivers

2 ft. 8 in.

Dimensions

Wheelbase: 5 ft.

Weight

18 tons

Rail gauge

4 ft. 8 1/2 in. (Standard)

Cylinders

2x outside

Boiler pressure

150 p.s.i.

Dia. x stroke

10 in. x 15 in.

Firegrate area

314 ft²

Fuel type

Coal

Fuel capacity

500 cwt (small)

Performance figures

Tractive effort

6,180 lbs

Service information

Entered service

1938

Operator(s)

Cafferata & Co. Ltd.
British Gypsum

Name

Hilda

Disposition details

Withdrawn

1971

Disposition

Preserved, stored, publicly visible

Hilda is a 0-4-0ST saddle tank steam locomotive which worked at a Plaster Works in Newark in Nottinghamshire, and is currently stored at Bere Ferrers Station, as part of the Tamar Belle Heritage Centre in Devon, England.

History[]

Hilda was built by Peckett and Sons of Bristol in 1938 as builder's number 1963 to Peckett's M5 class design for the Cafferata and Company Limited, who used Hilda at their Newark Plaster Works.^[1]^[2] Cafferata became part of British Gypsum (the domestic subsidiary of BPB plc). British Gypsum withdrew Hilda in 1971 from Beacon Hill Plaster Works, and it was acquired that December by Ray Bailey and David Kemp.^[2] In July, 1973 Hilda moved to the Main Line Steam Trust at Loughborough,^[1] remaining stored until July, 1996 when it moved to Bere Ferrers Station^[2] under the Tamar Belle Heritage Group, being sourced by Chris Grove and Bill Bailey.^[3] While stored at Bere Ferrers Station it has been slowly under restoration, with the boiler being removed for repair, a new firebox fabricated, and a building chimney fitted as the funnel, all by early 2009.^[1] Hilda remains stored at Bere Ferrers, though is publicly visible, and is dressed to look like Percy from Thomas & Friends.^[4]

References[]

Preserved steam locomotives in Devon
Museums	Devon Railway Centre	No. 14 Rebecca
	Tiverton Museum	GWR No. 1442 Tivvy Bumper
	Bygones Victorian Museum	Falmouth Docks No. 5 Patricia
	Leaky Finders Ltd.	BR No. 35028 Clan Line • GWR No. 9629 • GWR No. 1638 • S&L No. 47 Carnarvon • SR No. 541
	Bere Ferrers Heritage Centre	British Gypsum Hilda
Heritage Railways	South Devon Railway	GWR No. 1420 Bulliver • GWR No. 5526 • GWR No. 5542 • LT No. 92 • GWR No. 6412 • GWR No. 6430 • GWR No. 3205 • BR No. 4160 • GWR No. 1369 • EGW No. 1 Ashley • Lee Moor Tramway No. 2 • British Gypsum Lady Angela • NCB Glendower • GWR Tiny
	Exmoor Steam Railway	Exmoor • Denzil • Lorna Doone • SAR No. 115 • SAR No. 77
	Dartmoor Railway	NCB Newmarket S. 103 Firefly
	Dartmouth Steam Railway	GWR No. 5239 Goliath • GWR No. 4277 Hercules • GWR No. 4555 Warrior • GWR No. 3803 • USATC No. 2253 Omaha • GWR No. 2873 • BR No. 75014 Braveheart • GWR No. 7827 Lydham Manor
	Plym Valley Railway	Byfield Quarries No. 2 Byfield • HOS Fablok TKh49 No. 5374 Vanguard • SSEB No. 4 (No. 705) • W. G. Bagnall No. 3121 • British Sugar Corp. Albert
	Lynton & Barnstaple Railway	SR No. 762 Lyn (replica) • Vallée Heureuse & Le Haut-Banc Quarries Axe • Tongaat Sugar Sir George Newnes

[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 https://www.steamlocomotive.info/nloconoteshow.cfm?which=23176

[:1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 https://preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/peckett-sons-works-no-1963-hilda-0-6-0st/

[3] ttps://brucehunt.co.uk/tamar%20belle%20heritage%20group%20/bere%20ferrers%20station%20and%20heritage%20centre/

[4] ttps://rudderlessrailwayramblings.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-south-western-ramble-part-3-two-beres.html

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