Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway ICL No.9 'Cyril'

Named after former company employee, Cyril Holland, Cyril was formerly named "Shabtrak", and is one of many industrial narrow gauge Diesels built by R.A. Lister. It was built in 1932, used on a peat bog railway not far from Manchester and first preserved at the Moseley Railway Trust, in Stockport, in its original form of an open sided cab and on 2 ft (610 mm) gauge. When the engine arrived on the R&ER in 1985, the volunteers for refurbishing "Shabtrak" used parts from another Lister locomotive and a 2-cylinder, 12 horsepower (8.9 kW) Lister engine to rebuild it to 15 in (381 mm) gauge. At the same time they fitted a new cab and bonnet, in the style of a Lister Blackstone RM2. The engine now has full electrical, radio and air brake systems for working light passenger trains in emergencies and in 1989 was re-engined with a 20 h.p. Lister engine to improve performance. It was rebodied in 2006 by Ian Page Engineering of Millom. It is currently painted dark green, and is owned by the Murthwaite Locomotive Group.
== Trivia ==
• Cyril is the basis of the Blister Twins from Thomas and Friends
==Gallery==
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File:BlisterIthesmalltwindiesel.jpg|The Reverend Wilbert Awdry depicted the Ravenglass & Eskdale ICL No.9 'Cyril' as Blister I in The Railway Series
File:BlisterIIthesmalltwindiesel.jpg|The Reverend Wilbert Awdry depicted the Ravenglass & Eskdale ICL No.9 'Cyril' as Blister II in The Railway Series
File:CyrilasBlister.png
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