Coffee Pots

The Tidmouth, Knapford & Elsbridge Railway eventually became part of the North Western Railway, and was constructed with the help of the young Topham Hatt. This man also designed four small 0-4-0 tank engines with vertical boilers that were nicknamed "Coffee Pots". These engines were used by the North Western Railway to pull quarry trains, but were worn out soon after their line became Thomas' branch line, and withdrawn. Apparently they were not very well-documented, and were never even photographed before they were scrapped.