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CaptainBaxter

The Captain Baxter (formerly Dorking Greystone No. 3) is a type of 0-4-0T steam locomotive. Now, It runs in England on the Bluebell Railway.

History[]

It was built by Fletcher Jennings in 1877 and spent his working life at the Dorking Greystone Limeworks at Betchworth Station in the UK. In 1960, Captain Baxter was preserved and restored at the Bluebell Railway, and returned to service in 1982 after a comprehensive overhaul. He was later overhauled in 1990 and has recently returned to service following a complete overhaul. Captain Baxter is now back in service on the Bluebell Railway, having returned to working order in time for the Bluebell Railway's "Bluebell 50 Gala". In 2018 its boiler certificate expired and was put on display on the exhibition building on Sheffield Park

Captain Baxter is also one of the only standard gauge steam locomotives to be built by Fletcher Jennings.

Triva[]

  • This locomotive starred as "Randy Stevenot No. 3" the engine pulling the Muppets train in Muppets Most Wanted.

See also[]

Talyllyn Railway Locomotives
Main Fleet TalyllynDolgochSir HaydnEdward ThomasMidlanderDouglasTom RoltAlfTrecwnSt. Cadfan
Former Fleet The LawnmowerCharley's AntMerseysiderBryn Eglwys
Maintenance Fleet TobyBallast TamperFlail Mower
Visiting Locomotives Alan MeadenNo.7PrinceRussellCaptain BaxterTownsend Hook
Tywyn Narrow Gauge Museum No.774DotRough PupNo.13George HenryWilliam FinlayCambraiPenelopeIndian RunnerNuttyJubilee 1897No.2
List of Preserved Fletcher Jennings & Co. Locomotives
2 Foot 3 Inches: TalyllynDolgoch
2 Foot 9 Inches: Sten Sture
4 Foot 8+1⁄2 Inches (Standard Gauge): Captain Baxter
3 Foot 2+1⁄4 Inches: Townsend HookWilliam Finlay
3 Feet: Hariette • Regina
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