Brookes No. 1 and Illingworth heading to Blaenavon line gala

THE Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway (P&BR) will pay tribute to the industrial locomotive manufacturers of Leeds later this summer with a special Built in Leeds gala on September 13-15.

The event will centre around Mike Pearce’s Hunslet ‘48150’ class 0-6-0ST Jessie (1873/1937), which recently joined the P&BR fleet following its overhaul and return to East Moors Steelworks livery as No. 18.

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**Hunslet 0-6-0ST** **Brookes No. 1** **heads the 12.10 goods from Balm Road to Moor Road at the Middleton Railway on September 17, 2017, having recently returned to service after overhaul. TOM NOBLE**

Joining it will be another Hunslet 0-6-0ST – Brookes No. 1 – which will visit from the Middleton Railway. The 14in-cylindered loco (2387/1941) bears a strong family resemblance to Jessie, albeit on a smaller scale, and will make for an interesting comparison with its larger sibling.

Read more in the August 2019 issue of The RM – on sale now!

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