P C Allen Restoration Appeal

We are raising funds to help with the restoration costs of our heritage steam locomotive P C Allen.

P C Allen is a type: 0-4-0WT (well tank), manufactured in 1912 by Orenstein & Koppel, Berlin, Germany (Works No. 5834).

A typical O&K standard 20hp design, 'P C Allen' was built for the internal railway system at the chemical works of Solvay & Cie, Torrelavega, Spain, and imported to England in 1963.

It is named after the late industrialist Sir Peter Allen who arranged its rescue and subsequently donated it to the Leighton Buzzard Railway.

At its last overhaul, it was returned to the unusual black/green livery it sported when it first arrived. Now out of service awaiting overhaul.

Please click the image below to go our JustGiving page to donate to this worthy cause and help us to bring this historic locomotive back to life.