This locomotive was built by Andrew Barclay in 1915.
From new it worked at the Royal Naval Airship station near Rochester in Kent where it acquired the name Lord Fisher who was a British Admiral.
It later moved to the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough in Hampshire.
After serving at military establishments in the south east of England the locomotive was purchased by the Gas Board.
In January 1942 the locomotive moved to the Camberley Gasworks in Surrey and in August 1956 to Hilsea Gasworks in Hampshire. By about 1960 it was out of use at Hilsea Gasworks.
The locomotive was then purchased by the Chapel Tramway in Southampton who overhauled it and then used it on an industrial line near the docks.
The locomotive was then purchased by the Chapel Tramway in Southampton who overhauled it and then used it on an industrial line near the docks.
The line closed in 1967 and the locomotive was then bought, in working order, to run on the Longmoor Military Railway. Soon afterwards it moved on to Radstock which was the base for the Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust.
In 1973 the locomotive moved to the East Somerset Railway where it was used on shunting work until around 1977 wen small diesel shunters took over the work.
The locomotive was last steamed in 2007 and it was taken out of service and stored on the East Somerset Railway whilst it awaited a ten year overhaul.
As there was no requirement for the locomotive at the East Somerset Railway its owner moved it to the Yeovil Railway Centre in where it was overhauled.
Following the death of the owner (Barry Buckfield) in 2020 it has been disclosed that the locomotive will remain at the Yeovil Railway Centre until 2022. This is in line with a contract for the use of the locomotive there which still had an 18 months to run as of the end of 2020.
The locomotive was taken out of service in July 2022 for a ten year overhaul.
Preserved British Steam Locomotives 