Oct. 11, 2019: Hudswell Clarke Engine, Northumberland

This privately owned Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0T was built in 1917 for the Port of London Authority and named Richboro, although it was delivered to the Director of Inland Waterways and Docks. It was sold to W Craig & Sons, Ifton Colliery, Salop in 1926 and transferred to the National Coal Board in Jan. 1947.

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After storage at Gresham Colliery it moved to Llangollen where it stood outside the Dapol factory for a number of years. It was sold to Mick Fairnington at Wooler where it was restored before going to the B’oness and Kinneil Railway in Scotland for a short period. It is now the railway’s mainstay for steam services.

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