COUNT LOUIS

 
 

 

Count Louis at Fairborne Miniature Railway.
(About 1967?)

Roy Cutler Bequest NRM R093

Count Louis at Fairborne Miniature Railway.
(About 1967?)

Roy Cutler Bequest NRM R093

Count Louis at Fairborne Miniature Railway.
(About 1967?)

Roy Cutler Bequest NRM R093

Count Louis at Fairborne Miniature Railway with Sylvia 0-4-4 G&S.
(About 1967?)

Roy Cutler Bequest NRM R093

 

 

 

August 1939 - 'Count Louis' the third Class 30 Atlantic locomotive built for Count Louis Zborowski in 1923 for his Highams Railway. After the Count's death the loco was purchased by the Fairbourne Railway, near Barmouth, Wales in 1925.

(Robin Butterell)

From Steam on Britain's Miniature Railways.

August 1939 - 'Count Louis' on the Fairbourne Railway.

(Robin Butterell)

From Steam on Britain's Miniature Railways.

Count Lous at the Evesham Valley Light Railway on 17 October 2008

(Jack Boskett)

2013 - Count Louis is owned by the Little Giant Trust and based at Evesham.

 

Count Lous at the Evesham Valley Light Railway on 17 October 2008

(Jack Boskett)

Count Lous at the Evesham Valley Light Railway on 17 October 2008

(Jack Boskett)

Count Louis Zborowski is probably better known for his exploits as an early racing driver and his oversized cars.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang I

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang II
The Count was killed 19 October 1924 at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza when his works Mercedes skidded on a patch of oil and hit a tree.
 

 

  

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