This loco was completed about the year 2000 by Norman Charles, a chartered engineer who was trained in the Merchant Navy, came ashore and worked for Green & Siley Weir, ship repairers, for the rest of his working life. The loco was used at Canvey Island from Easter to October each year and ran every Sunday morning until 2012 when Norman died.

The loco was acquired by John Dabson who based it at the Parklands Railway at Hemsby where it was used regularly until John passed away in 2014. The loco was then bought by Ray King, a member or the Ashmanhaugh Light Railway. It arrived at the Ashmanhaugh in August 2014 where it received attention including a thorough overhaul and repaint in the smart blue livery seen in the photo. A new chassis for the driving trailer together with new driving wheels was fabricated in the ALR workshop during the early part of 2015.

This loco was transferred to the EVFR in 2020. It was only driven occasionally in its later years at the ALR and it finally stopped working late 2020. It was decided to give it a complete overall and rewire. A replacement 4QD was installed and finally it was given a good clean. It now works better than it has done in years and is often used as a maintenance loco. It is also now regularly seen on the track on fun days.

The loco is powered by a Bosch 24 volt motor via chain drives onto all three axles and uses a 4QD controller. The loco has an electric horn and has been fitted with a front light.