Estimated date, could be in the early 1960s as many kept their Cycling Lions' to the end. However unusually this one has a tall sefety valve cover.

In the late 1950s this was Aberystwyth motive power depot’s snowplough engine. So, in the month of November, No. 2260 would be fitted with a large snowplough. It was in steam twenty-four hours a day, all through the winter months until late March.