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I wonder whether they had to obtain the Earl's permission to use his name. Today, they would have to pay him royalties if he were a living person.

The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe was a director of the company as the Lord St Leven (sister engine)

I hope it had a long, productive and safe life.

We'll soon find out Alan. I've hotlinked it to a few local history groups and we also have some excellent train fanatics viewing these pages. Almost every steam loco built has had its full history recorded..

I have some feedback; ' Little Nut. ran between the Boltsburn Mill, Boltsburn Mine, Lintzgarth Mill Wolfcleugh'. It seems it had a crew of two men and due to the weather extremes of where it was working (high in the North Pennines) it was fitted with a more weatherproof cabin which looked much like larger locos. It seems that wasn't enough (it can snow sideways up there!) and it was fitted with basic full wooden doors! This small loco was also given its own small snow plough to keep the tracks clear!

Hopefully someone will come with more info on this one - it's amazing what folk know!

What a capable looking little engine!

The basic design of this engine was carried through to the end of the company -

^^ Amazing how the design continued.