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NCB Ashington/Philadelphia & Barrow Steelworks & Vickers Locos, pre'68

Discussion in 'Steam Traction' started by neildimmer, Dec 20, 2010.

  1. neildimmer

    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    Hi All

    I have added 3 new collections of pre '68 industrial steam photos kindly given to me by Colin Williams.
    First collection are locos in the NE at NCB Ashington & Philadelphia, i have all the locations, but can anyone give me the loco builder please.
    NCB 28 Philadelphia
    http://little-locos.photos.gb.net/p68482167.html
    NCB 31 Ashington
    http://little-locos.photos.gb.net/p68482168.html
    NCB 40 Ashington
    http://little-locos.photos.gb.net/p68482169.html
    NCB 47 Ashington
    http://little-locos.photos.gb.net/p68482170.html

    Barrow Steelworks & Barrow Vickers

    Barrow Steelworks 507/10
    http://little-locos.photos.gb.net/p68482166.html
    Barrow Steelworks Unknown loco
    http://little-locos.photos.gb.net/p68482163.html
    Barrow Vickers King George
    http://little-locos.photos.gb.net/p68482165.html
    Barrow Vickers unknown loco
    http://little-locos.photos.gb.net/p68482164.html

    Locos at various Collieries

    NCB No.44 with Giesel ejector Warkworth
    http://little-locos.photos.gb.net/p68482176.html
    No.23 Bowes Colliery & Marley Hill
    http://little-locos.photos.gb.net/p68482172.html
    http://little-locos.photos.gb.net/p68482177.html
    Diana NCB Lindal?
    http://little-locos.photos.gb.net/p68482173.html
    NCB No.25 NCB Barradon
    http://little-locos.photos.gb.net/p68482179.html
    NCB No.40 NCB Barradon
    http://little-locos.photos.gb.net/p68482178.html
    No.3 Area NCB Easington
    http://little-locos.photos.gb.net/p68482174.html
    Unknown loco Seaham
    http://little-locos.photos.gb.net/p68482175.html


    Neil
     
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  2. sleepermonster

    sleepermonster Member

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    Hi. I have added my attempts at identification {in brackets}

    Tim

     
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  3. neildimmer

    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    Thanks Tim, very informative, captions updated

    Neil
     
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    Barrow Vickers unknown loco {? a normal Hawthorn Leslie}
    http://little-locos.photos.gb.net/p68482164.html

    This one is a later Robert Stephenson Hawthorn built version of a Hawthorn Leslie design... to be really sad you can tell by the lids on the sand boxes which are square rather than round as on the HL design.
     
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  5. New Haven Neil

    New Haven Neil New Member

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    I'm not able to view the shots at work, but I think the name of the colliery you refer to is Burradon, not Barradon - it was on the Backworth system. ;-)
     
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    Just a note on the two pictures of No. 23. There never was a 'Bowes colliery' the pictures were taken around Marley Hill colliery on the Bowes Railway (formerly Pontop & Jarrow Railway) system named after John Bowes & Partners the coal owner. Oh and it's Hawthorn Leslie rather than the often misused 'Hawthorne' by the way and No. 23's appearance never really changed that much over its life except perhaps that she may have had a shorter saddle tank when she was new.

    She lasted right until the end of Marley Hill sheds days under the NCB but had a cracked backhead which was considered a major obstacle to preservation back in 1970.
     
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