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Crewe Works Pet
Pet was built in 1865 and spent its 64-year working life serving the London & North Western Railway’s Crewe works. Running on an 18 inch gauge railway system, Pet’s job was to move railway parts around the maze of foundries, boiler shops and wheeling sheds that made up Crewe works. Its small size meant it could work almost anywhere within the site.
Pet’s working life ended in 1929 and it lay forgotten. In 1965 Pet was donated to the National Collection and through the efforts of the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum at Towyn, restored to its current condition.
Pet returned to the National Railway Museum in 1995.
Fact File
- Object: Steam Locomotive Pet
- Built: 1865
- By: London & North Western Railway
- For: LNWR Crewe works
- Function: Works shunter
- Gauge: 18 in (0.46m)
- Features: Saddle tank, no tender, coal carried on water tank
- Withdrawn: 1929
Locomotive inventory number 1978-7014