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A short visit to my elder daughter in Norwich resulted in 2 hours in lovely sunshine on the North Norfolk Railway. Initially, I was disappointed that only a guest Hunslet Industrial was in steam in a Scunthorpe steelworks livery.
But a bit of research revealed this is in fact a 1956 NCB locomotive was delivered new as Works No 3846 to the NCB at Graig Merthyr Colliery South Wales.
The locomotive worked at the colliery until June 1978 when the colliery closed. At the colliery it worked between the Graig Merthyr Colliery and the exchange sidings on the former GWR main line on the Swansea District line at Graig Merthyr Colliery Sidings. It was not given a NCB number.
Despite the closure of the colliery the locomotive remained in the Graig Merthyr engine shed until 1986. It was then moved to the Cefn Coed Colliery Museum at Crynant near Neath to act as the Gate Guardian until replaced in 1997.
preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/hunslet-works-no-384...
Happy days
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A short visit to my elder daughter in Norwich resulted in 2 hours in lovely sunshine on the North Norfolk Railway. Initially, I was disappointed that only a guest Hunslet industrial was in steam in a Scunthorpe steelworks livery.
But a bit of research revealed this is in fact a 1956 NCB locomotive that was delivered new as Works No 3846 to the NCB at Graig Merthyr Colliery South Wales.
The locomotive worked at the colliery until June 1978 when the colliery closed. At the colliery it worked between the Graig Merthyr Colliery and the exchange sidings on the former GWR main line on the Swansea District line at Graig Merthyr Colliery Sidings. It was not given a NCB number.
Despite the colliery's closure, the locomotive remained in the Graig Merthyr engine shed until 1986. It was then moved to the Cefn Coed Colliery Museum at Crynant near Neath to act as the Gate Guardian until replaced in 1997.
preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/hunslet-works-no-384...
Happy days
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A short visit to my elder daughter in Norwich resuilted in 2 hours in lovely sunshine on the North Norfolk Railway. Initially I was dissapointed that only a guest Hunslet industrial was in steam in a Scunthorpe steelworks livery.
But a bit of research revaels this is in fact a 1956 NCB locomotive was delivered new as Works No 3846 to the NCB at Graig Merthyr Colliery South Wales.
The locomotive worked at the colliery until June 1978 when the colliery closed. At the colliery it worked between the Graig Merthyr Colliery and the exchange sidings on the former GWR main line on the Swansea District line at Graig Merthyr Colliery Sidings. It was not given a NCB number.
Despite the closure of the colliery the locomotive remained in the Graig Merthyr engine shed until 1986. It was then moved to the Cefn Coed Colliery Museum at Crynant near Neath to act has the Gate Guardian until replaced in 1997.
preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/hunslet-works-no-384...
Happy days
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