Phil Pixton

Phil Pixton

It is with great sadness that we report the death of one of our founder members, Phil Pixton. Our locomotive’s salvation from Barry can largely be attributed to him, and his dedication to its restoration in the early days, and support long since, is in a great part why we are where we are today.

Jim Norman, Archivist and fellow founder member, writes:

Phil’s lasting legacy is the Stanier Mogul Fund: its setting up was in a major sense down to Phil, and had it not been formed it is unlikely that another group would have cared for and tendered our engine so well. And so I have no hesitation in commending the SMF as a lasting memory to Phil Pixton, and to offer our sincere condolences to Carol, his family and friends.

In the picture beneath, Phil can be seen stage right, alongside Jim Norman and Richard Greaves, the backdrop being our locomotive No 42968 at Barry in 1973.