HE3806 - Wilbert - DCC Sound Accessory the NCB donated it to

the NCB donated it to the National Museum of Wales who placed it on permanent loan to the Llangollen Railway where it was restored to steam in 1994

Feb-99 to Jun-07

being used across the Eastern

British Railways 21 Ton Coal 21VB / MDV Wagon

375023 (Blue Frame)

HE3806 - Wilbert - DCC Sound Accessory the NCB donated it toWilbert as we have come to know him, was built by Hunslet, Leeds, in 1953. One of a number of postwar austerities, ordered by the National Coal Board. It was delivered in December that year to Rawnsley loco shed, Staffordshire for its first employment in the South Staffordshire coalfield and was painted a light green colour. Works number 3806 led an average working life, moving around the coalfield to Cannock shed, and then West Cannock. At some point