Launched 1991

Wellington (BH 266 of 1873) is the oldest locomotive at Tanfield.   Wellington's saddle tank was fabricated at Swan Hunter's shipyard.   When Wellington was completed and ready to run, Richard Charlton arranged for it to go to Swan's for joint publicity coinciding with the launch of RFA Fort George.   Richard gave me 3 photos yesterday, which were taken around that time and appear below:

Wellington at Swan Hunter late February 1991
(photo courtesy of Richard Charlton)

RFA A388 Fort George under construction at Swan Hunter, and launched 1 March 1991

(the ship was fitted out and delivered in 1993, and scrapped in Turkey in 2013)

Wellington returning to Marley Hill
(photo courtesy of Richard Charlton)

Wellington outside Marley Hill shed
(photo courtesy of Richard Charlton)