Peter Scott was a founding member of the RPSI in 1964 and has been a railway enthusiast all his life and was awarded an MBE in 2006. His experience with NIR helped to hone his skills and his innate talent for innovation meant he was a natural to head up the restoration and maintenance teams at Whitehead. He built up a huge resource of engineering equipment from foundries, something that is now invaluable to the RPSI in the development of heritage engineering skills.
No. 131. was built in 1901 and arrived at Whitehead in 2003 in scrap condition It has now been restored to working order, passing for use on Northern Ireland Railways. Peter sourced original drawings and the remaining engine parts, the rest had to be forged by the team themselves. No. 131 has helped to keep Northern Ireland’s train heritage alive, as well as enabling skills to be passed down to future generations of engineers.