No.10 Fowler
A 0-4-2 tank built by John Fowler & Co (Leeds) Ltd. England in 1912. Works No. 13573.
The Sena Sugar Estates in Mozambique extended over a vast area and employed tens of thousands of workers. One of the first sugar mills was at Mopeia and an unusually small gauge railway of 50 cm (1 foot 75/8 inches) was built to transport cane from field to mill.
A number of steam locomotives were ordered from John Fowler of Leeds and the first was delivered in 1898. At least six others followed, this locomotive being the fourth.
Some of these locomotives were eventually transferred to another mill (Marromeu) where they were re-gauged to 60 cm (2 foot) but this example stayed at Mopeia where it worked until about 1965.
The Sena Sugar Estate mills and plantations were destroyed by the communists in the civil war about 1970.
This locomotive which was imported in 1998 has been restored at BWLR and re-gauged to 60 cm. It was ready for service in early 2010.
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