3840 - QUEEN ELIZABETH - 1920 - MRS JOHN WILMOT - Scrapped in 1948
Delivered to Mrs John Wilmot in July 1920 for her Number 1 Switchback ride. She was the widow of a celebrated Scottish showman, John Wilmot, the Father of the Scottish Showland. She carried no name initially. She was sold within a year to J. Green & Sons of Preston for their Golden Dragons Scenic and named Queen Elizabeth. She was put into storage in 1929 and later worked with one of the Green's famous Caterpillar rides. Like most Scottish engines she has not survived. She was unfortunately cut up in 1948.
3840 was sold new on Burrell's stand at the Royal Show in Darlington in July 1920 to Wilmot family of Glasgow, a very senior family in the Scottish Showland scene. The Burrell records note that the engine was supplied with, "Estd. 1863. John Wilmot’s Touring Entertainments" on the canopy sides. The engine was virtually never used by Wilmot's however and a year after delivery was sold to John Green of Preston, who also had showland interests in Scotland. The engine was a bit of an oddity amongst scenic engines produced by Burrell. It had no feed pump (2 injectors) and no auxiliary dynamo platform when built (one was fitted later). It was produced during the time Charles Burrell & Sons were part of the AGE concern and like some other engines built at this time it carried brass AGE centres to the rear wheel hubs. It did have crane fittings in common with other Special Scenics, although in both of these pictures it carries no auxiliary dynamo which was not particularly uncommon for scenic engines.