THRELKELD Quarry and Mining Museum’s July 27-28 Annual Steam Gala featured four guest steam locomotives. Bagnall 0-4-0ST Kidbrooke (2043/1917) from Yaxham Light Railway and Statfold Barn Railway trio Peckett 0-6-0ST Liassic (1632/1923), Kerr, Stuart ‘Wren’
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ONE of the last steam locomotives to work commercially in the UK – Hunslet ‘Austerity’ 0-6-0ST No. S134 Wheldale – is on the steam comeback thanks to the fundraising efforts of the locomotive’s support group. The
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STATFOLD Barn Railway’s first enthusiasts’ open day of the new season on March 23 featured 15 locos in steam, 13 from the home fleet, plus War Office Locomotive Trust’s Hunslet 4-6-0T WDLR No. 303 (all 2ft
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THE latest locomotive to be restored to steam at Statfold Barn is Arnold Jung (Jungenthal) 0-4-4-0T Mallet 2279/1914 Tjepper (Ceper Baru) No. 5. The 750mm- (2ft 6in-) gauge loco was imported for the Statfold collection
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