Thats right. This is what they say about it.
LR3098
Type: 4-wheel petrol mechanical
Date: 1918
Builder: Motor Rail, Bedford, England (Works No. 1377)
A rare working survivor of the “protected” (lightly armoured) 40hp petrol locomotives built for the War Department Light Railways, for supplying the First World War battlefields in France. After the war, several of this type were used to haul sand trains at Leighton Buzzard, but all were scrapped by the end of the 1950s. LR3098 worked at Knostrop sewage works, Leeds, and is on long-term loan from the National Railway Museum, York. It was restored to working order for the railway’s 80th anniversary in 1999, and was featured in “The One Show” on BBC1 in June. LR2182, a more heavily armoured version of the same type, awaits restoration.
But even more interesting is this WW1 Baldwin loco. My understanding is (and do correct me if i am wrong) that this one was brought back for the IWM Duxford, but the restoration got so expensive that they sold it off to LB who have just completed the restoration. Sad really as Duxford had just laid a track for it (coming out of the land warfare hall) for it to run on. They have now taken up most of this. I guess it is better that it remains at LB as that way it will get regularly used.
778
Type: 4-6-0T (side tank)
Date: 1917
Builder: Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, USA (Works No. 44656)
One of 495 locomotives built by Baldwin, for the War Department Light Railways. They operated on the thousands of miles of narrow-gauge tracks that supplied the front line trenches in the First World War. It then worked in India until the 1980s, finishing at the Upper India Sugar Mills in Uttar Pradesh. The first of its type to steam in Britain since the 1940s, it entered service in 2007, following a major overhaul. Click here for more details. It is due to operate next on 14th,17th, 24th & 25th August.
There are photos of it here at:
http://www.btinternet.com/~buzzrail/page21.html
I have not seen it. I should go someday.
Tim (too)