A steam train which dates back more than a century is now on display in Bury.

The 108-year-old 0-6-0T "Vesta" arrived from Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum to join the 2-6-4 Tilbury Tank Engine No 2500 and "Wren" the narrow-gauge locomotive at the Bury Transport Museum on Wednesday.

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Built in 1916, the locomotive was operational at the Shotton Steelworks in North Wales for its working life before being preserved by the Industrial Locomotive Society.

It was then gifted to the National Trust, and after being displayed at Shugborough Hall in Staffordshire, it was put on show at Penrhyn Castle.

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After being displayed in Bury Transport Museum for three years, ownership of the steam locomotive will be handed over to the East Lancashire Railway.

Keith Whitmore, chairman of Bury Transport Museum and Bahamas Loco Society, said: “We welcome such a notable new exhibit arriving in the museum just a month later than the 2500 Tilbury Tank from the National Railway Museum.

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“Our museum collection is becoming a significant national collection of exhibits as well as a display of the history of transport in East Lancashire.”