The 88-year-old trains that became a tourist attraction

Attempts to replace them came, and went, with failure. In 1929, a trial of cascaded SECR P Class 0-6-0 tank engines, built between 1909 and 1910, namely locomotive number 558 (scrapped in 1960), ended abruptly after the locomotive was found to damage the railway tracks during operation due to being unable to cope with the tight curves on the line. This led to the reprieve of a previously condemned engine, 329 (later renumbered 30586).