LNWR Bowen Cooke Claughton class 4-6-0 no. 2420 Ingesture. Superbly built from the David Andrews kit by Martin Wyatt with the smooth, quiet and robust Crailcrest motor and gear unit, Slaters wheels and power collection via plunger pickups on the loco and wipers on the tender. Painted by Ian Rathbone to a very high standard, the model is featured on Ian’s website as provenance.
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The RCTS book “L&NWR Locomotive Names” states:
Ingestre Hall was the seat of the Chetwynd family, Earls Talbot, near Stafford.
In 1846 when the LNWR was formed, the first use of the name was on a small firebox 2-2-2.
In 1872 the name was used on a Southern Division 2-2-2 Large Bloomer.
In 1923 Claughton no. 2420 was named. “Ingestre”.
