It all worked in the end, enough so that the engine managed 42,000 RPM on a test with compressed air. We eagerly await the equally tiny boiler for a live steam test.

A restored steam locomotive built more than 100 years ago is up for sale. The Peckett & Sons 0-4-0T engine - named Marcia - has been kept at the Kent and East Sussex Railway (K&ESR) for over 60 years.