Shreddie before the restoration work took place - Credit: Tony Goff The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway has picked up a prestigious award for its work on restoring a historic locomotive. The Middy, as it is known, was awarded the Morgan Preservation award earlier this week at the Heritage Railway Association's awards for its restored Shredded Wheat diesel mechanical locomotive. The 1934 0-4-0 locomotive was built for the Shredded Wheat Company’s Welwyn Garden City factory by Fowler of Leeds. Years after falling out of use it was eventually bought at auction in a completely derelict state by Tony Goff. Mr Goff offered it to the MSLR, but the locomotive was not in a good state; it was seized solid and immovable, so the Middy couldn’t take it straight away.