Although built for FMC in 1949, Malvern went straight into the nationalised BW fleet.
1/10/1953 Passed to BTC (BTW)
3/10/1958 Re-Registered at Northwich No 82
1/1/1963 Passed to BWB
1964-1967 Hired to Willow Wren Canal Transport Services (NW Division)
c1974-1981 Leased to George Page
1982 Transferred to maintenance fleet
1/7/2012 Passed to Canal & River Trust
Still (2019) in CRT maintenance fleet, northern Trent & Mersey area
There is another older ex FMC (originally a butty) named Malvern, built 1928.
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