Built: 1919 Maker: Manning Wardle & Co Ltd      Makers’ No: 1970     Bought: 1919

Withdrawn by WC&P: 1940 Scrapped: ?

Photo reproduced with permission from Old Portishead by John Macleay published by Stenlake Publishing

History:

This loco (a class L) was purchased new (the second on the railway) and was used right up to the closure. It was fitted with disc wheels. It was painted pea green with three colour lining: black-yellow-red-yellow-black (Howard Carey). With age the green became darker. Wheel diameter was 3ft 01/2 in.

Howard Carey has established that after the railway's closure, No. 5 ended its days working at the Westland Aircraft factory in Yeovil during World War 2.