Parracombe (locomotive)
Parracombe is the name of a steam outline Baguley diesel locomotive that currently resides on the Groudle Glen Railway on the Isle of Man in private ownership. It has not operated in service on the railway since arriving in 2007 from the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway in Devon, where it had seen service on the Lynbarn Railway at the Milky Way theme park in Clovelly. It was built by Baguley (works No. 3232 of 1947) and once worked at Butlins Clacton Holiday Camp, from where it featured on the closing credits to the situation comedy Hi-de-Hi! in the 1980s. Currently in store, it performed a very limited number of passenger services as part of an enthusiasts event in July 2007. It's planned that in the coming years, when finances permit, the locomotive will be rebuilt and returned to service.
A very similar loco "Dreadnought" operates infrequently at Amerton Railway in Staffordshire
References
- Tony Beard (1994). Groudle Glen Railway: Its History & Restoration. Groudle Glen Railway.
- Manx Steam Railway News Journal of the Isle of Man Steam Railway Supporters' Association