1370 was the fifth of the six members of the class of little tank engines built by the Great Western in 1934 , and one of the first the three to be reallocated from Swindon Motive Power Depot to Weymouth , it also being an early , if not the first casualty of its class , being withdrawn in November of 1960 although its boiler lived on , being transferred to sister engine 1369 , the only one to receive a replacement boiler.
Working between Weymouth's quay and General Station , the engines were equipped with the bell seen here , which was required to be rung continuously by the fireman when the engine was in motion , two railway men shunters accompanying the moving locomotive and train on its often blocked run through the narrow and congested streets of Weymouth , especially in the Summer months .
The tank has provided fuel oil for the ferry craft.