9351

Mogul 9351 approaches its train after running round at Minehead on the West Somerset Railway.

This locomotive was originally built in 1934 as 5101 class 2-6-2T No. 5193 but converted to a 2-6-0 tender engine following its purchase for preservation.

5193 was withdrawn from service June 1962 and sold for scrap to Woodham Brothers and it arrived in the Barry scrapyard in September 1962.

5193 was purchased by the 5193 Fund and moved by road to Steamport at Southport in August 1979. Following the closure of Steamport and the removal of the stock to the newly formed Ribble Steam Railway at Preston 5193 was purchased by the West Somerset Railway (WSR). It was moved to Mineheadin December 1998.

In June 2000 at the AGM of the WSR plc it was formally announced that a plan had been drawn up to convert the 2-6-2T to a 2-6-0 tender locomotive which would provide the railway with a operating flexibility due to its larger water and coal capacity.

It was rebuilt by the West Somerset Railway into a 2-6-0 resembling a small boilered version of the GWR 4300 class, and numbered 9351.

In September 2004 the completed locomotive was moved out of the shed at Minehead and the fire lit pending a visit from the boiler inspector. Shortly afterwards 5193 entered service as a 2-6-0 carrying the number 9351.