No. 1439 was built by the LNWR at Crewe in 1865. It was rebuilt in November 1887 and again in September 1898. The original Ramsbottom chimney would have been replaced…
Mighty Atom was built by Hudswell Clarke of Leeds (Works Number D628) in 1943. The locomotive is diesel-mechanical but retains some steam outline feature such as the funnel.
Hudswell Clarke 0-4-0 DM D629 ‘Sparky’ was built in 1945 and delivered to Springfields Munition factory (outside Preston) to work with sister loco ‘Mighty Atom D628’. It was built to…
This unusual locomotive was constructed to works no 2000 by the Leeds firm of Greenwood & Batley Ltd in 1945. It is a four wheeled battery-electric locomotive and draws it’s…
Grant Ritchie of Kilmarnock built 42 industrial steam locomotives between 1879 & 1920, primarily to order from operators in Scotland, although a few locos were supplied South of the border…
Daphne has been donated to the North West Transport Museum in St Helens, a registered Museum. Daphne has spent many years on the seafront at Lytham as a former playground…
The locomotive was bought new by the British Oil Cake Mills or BOCM at their Hull factory which was located next to the River Hull. After the closure of the…
This small diesel mechanical shunting locomotive was built by John Fowler of Leeds in 1952. Works No. 4160001, she was the prototype of her class and is powered by a…
D2148 is a member of the ubiquitous Class 03 and was built at Swindon works in 1960 for British Railways
Margaret is a diesel-mechanical locomotive built by Hudswell Clarke in 1956 to a similar design as “Mighty Atom”, although on a larger scale.
