Avonside W/No.1917    0-6-0ST    Earl Fitzwilliam

Builder: Avonside      Class: B4      Built: 1923          Weight: 28T          Boiler Working Pressure: 160psi

Status: Awaiting Overhaul

No. 1917 was originally named Pitsford and was owned by Pitsford Ironstone Quarries in Northampton. When bought for preservation she was moved to the Fawley Hill Railway, until 1972 when she moved to the Nene Valley Railway. 1917 left the Nene Valley Railway and was overhauled, repainted and named Earl Fitzwilliam, for use on the Elsecar Heritage Railway.  No. 1917 was withdrawn from Elsecar Heritage Railway services in 2002 after ten years hard work for the railway. This locomotive was the main workhorse on passenger services from when the railway began operating services in the early 1990's, until withdrawal from service in 2001. It is currently awaiting overhaul.