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Caledonia is a 0-6-0 side tank steam locomotive.



History[]

Caledonia was built by Dübs and company in 1885 for the Manx Northern Railway on the Isle of Man as their No.4 to handel heavier trains and in 1895 was used for the construction of the Snaefell Mountain Railway. In 1905 when the Isle of Man Railway took over the MNR it was renumbered 15 and used only so often mainly on cattle trains from Ramsey. In 1967 it was overhauled and painted spring green and operated until 1975 when it was repainted MNR red and put into the IoMR Museum. In 1995 it was returned to steam and operated on the Snaefell Mountain Railway for their centenary celebrations. It was painted in a blue livery in 1999 until 2007 and was overhauled heavily in 2009 to early 2013. But was withdrawn in 2014 due to boiler problems. It was overhauled at the Severn Valley Railway in 2018 and returned later that year. Caledonia has been operational ever since.

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