The Railway Magazine – August 2019

IndustrialSteam Track Record

76 •TheRailway Magazine•August2019

BrookesNo. 1 and Illingworth

headingtoBlaenavonlinegala

The LadyArmaghdale

attends motor

racing event

FORMERManchester Ship

Canal and ICI Hunslet

0-6-0TTheLady Armaghdale

(686/1898)formedpart

of aSevernValley Railway

displayatt he Chateau

ImpneyHill Climb event,

near Droitwich, on July

13-14.It wasarareouting

forthe Warwickshire

IndustrialLocomotiveTrust

loco, which usuallyresides

in the SVR’s Engine House

museumat Highley.

Walesw oodgets

its boilerback

HUDSWELL,Clarke 0-4-0ST

Waleswood(750/1906)

wasreunited with its

overhauled boilerforthe

first time since1990 at

the Northamptonshire

IronstoneRailway Trust’s

HunsburyHill base on

July 5.Theex-Waleswood

Collierylocopassed its

out-of-frames steamtest

the daybefor e, andareturn

to steam isexpectedinthe

coming months.

Merlinback in

actionat Telford

PECKETT‘W6Special’

0-4-0STMerlin(1967/1939)

returnedto serviceatthe

Telfor dSteam Railway

during June aftermore

thanayear outforboiler

repairs andaretube.The

former BrownBayley

Steels locojoins fellow

Peckett‘W6’0-4-0Rocket

(1722/1926) as the

mainstayofTSR operations

at Horsehay.

SIDELINES

THE Pontypool&Blaenavon

Railway (P&BR) will paytribu te

to the industrial locomotive

manufacturers ofLeeds laterthis

summer withaspeci al Built in

Leeds gala onSeptember 13-15.

Theevent will centre arou nd

Mike Pearce’s Hunslet‘48150’class

0-6-0STJessie(1873/1937), which

recently joined the P&BR fleet

following itsoverhaul andreturn

to East Moors Steelworkslivery

as No.18.

Joining it will be another Hunslet

0-6-0ST –Brookes No.1–which

will visit from theMiddleton

Railway.The 14in-cylindered loco

(2387/1941) bearsastrong family

resemblancetoJessie,albeit on a

smaller scale,and will makefor an

interestingcomparison with its

larger sibling.

Thelocomotivespentits

working careerat Brookes

ChemicalsLtd’s LightcliffeWorks,

near Halifax.In 1969, theworks

closed and No.1was soldat

auctionto ascrap dealer,but

resold shortly afterwards to the

electronicsgiantPhillips,which

had takenover the Lightcliffesite.

Twoyears laterthe locowas

acquiredforpreservation by

Alf Hall,and occasionally steamed

on ashortlength of trackat Delph

station, near Oldham.

Sold again

In 1983‘Brookes’was so ld again

to the Peak RailwaySocietyand

takento Buxtonwhereitworked

until 1985. By 1991 it had changed

hands again, and movedtot he

MiddletonRailwaywhereits most

recent overhaulwascompleted in

August 2017.

AnotherLeeds manufacturer

–Hudswell,Clarke–willalso

be representedby0-6-0ST

Illing worth/Mitchell(1208/1916)

from the Embsay&Bolton Abbey

Railway (see panel).

TheformerNiddValley Light

Railway loco, which during its

pre-preservation lifecarried no

fewe rthan four differentnames,

returnedto steam inMay2017

afteranextensiverestor ation by

owner Stephe nMiddleton.

It remains the sole-surviving

NiddValley loco,having also

been employedbythe Ministry

of Munitions,Sir RobertMcAlpine

andMowlembefor ebeing

consignedto scrap in 1957.

With residentBagnall 0-6-0ST

Empressand Andrew Barclay

0-4-0STRosyth No.1also in service,

visitors canexpectanintensive

passenger servicebetween

BlaenavonHigh Level, Furnace

Sidings andWhistle Inn, together

with regularworking up the

branch fromFurnaceSidingsto

Big Pit.

Furthermore, the line’s rake of

16T mineralwagons will also be

out fordemonstration runs as part

of the freighttrain.

Formoreinformation on the

even tvisit: http://www.pontypool-and-

blaenavon.co.uk

JESSIEON HIRETO EMBSAYLINE

HUNSLET0-6-0STJessieis

spending the summer in

the YorkshireDales priorto

returningto the Pontypool

&Blaen avon Railway in time

forthe Built inLeeds gala.

It began operating from

mid-July and will carryon

throughoutAugustat the

Embsay&Bolton Abbey

Railway alon gside Hudswell,

Clarke0-6-0STIllingworth/

Mitchelland GWR‘56XX’

0-6-2T No.5643.

Hunslet0-6-0STBrookesNo. 1head sthe 12.10 goods from Balm

Roadto MoorRoad at the MiddletonRailw ay on September 17, 2017,

havingrece ntly returnedto serviceafter overhaul.TOMNOBLE

VisitingAndrew Barclay0-6-0T No.1245 departsFoxfie ld Colliery

duringaearly morning photocharteronJuly 20. MARTYN TATTAM

Lambton No.29s et

forNYMRreturn

AN IMMI NENTreturn to serviceisonthe cardsfor
Lambton, Hetton&JoiceyCollieriesKitson 0-6-2T
No.29( 4263/1904) as itsoverhaul nearscompletion
at the NorthYorkshireMoors Railway’s Grosmont
works.
Thepopular locohas been out of servicesince
late-2014 whenacrack wasdiscovered in itscylinder
block.Anew cylinder block has subsequently been
fitted,and af terreassembly,repairs and painting the
locobegan running-in on July 22.
It is pictured leaving Grosmontonatest runto
Goathland.ANDREW JEFFERY

THE Weybourneworkshop of the North

Norfolk Railway is makinggreatstrides in the

restor ation of the oldest surviving standard-

gauge Hunslet 0-6-0ST–MikeHart’sHastings

(469/1888).

Although currently off its wheels,the boiler

is back in the frames with cladding on, the cab

refitted and therefurbished tank trial fitted in

early-July.The firstcoat sofblue painthavealso

been applied as fittings and pipework go on.

Rapidprogress on

Hastings restoration

Lakeside’sBarclay steals

theshowatFoxfieldgala

VISITINGAndrew Barclay0-6-0T

No.14( 1245/1911)certainly stole

the showatthe FoxfieldRailway’s

SummerGala on July 20-21,

recalling the heydayoft he

Scottishcoalfields when these

big Barclaytanks wereacommon

sightoncoal trains.

TheformerCarron Iron

Companylocohad made the

journeyto Staffordshirefrom

its homeat theLakesi de &

HaverthwaiteRailway,whereit

wasrecentlyrepaintedintoblack

liver yasNo. 14 (RMJune).

Normally the lococan be

found hauling trains of visitors

and holidaymakers between

Haverthwaiteand Lake

Windermere, but during its

pre-preservation career itwascoal

thatprovided its staplework.

Thevisit to Foxfield,therefore,

provided the first opportunityin

preservation forthe locotohaul

long rake sof1 6T coal wagons,

something it has not done since

beingretired from theMichael

andWellesleycollieries in 1972.

With its large 18inx24in

cylinders,No. 14 made lightwork

of Foxfield Bank,stridingaway

fromFoxfieldCollieryand up the

1-in-19gradientwith apparent

ease.

Four locos from the home

fleet werealso inaction

during theweekend,including

Hunslet‘Austerities’Wimblebury

(3839/1956) andWhiston

(3694/1950), whichwasfresh from

an extended hireatt he Churnet

Valley Railway. The‘Austerities’

shared the bulk of the passenger

andfreightturns with No.14,

whileDübs 0-4-0CTNo. 4101

provided lifting demonstrations at

the colliery, as well as bank ing and

double-header assistanceatt imes.

Also in trafficwasveteranBeyer,

Peacoc k0-4-0ST No.1827, which

wasmakin gits post-overhaul

gala debut primarily hauling the

three-coachKnottyHeritageTrain,

but also making appearances on

the coal runs.

COMPILED BY

GARY

BOYD-HOPE

Call: 01507 529589

email: gboyd-hope

@mortons.co.uk

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