Backworth collieries

  • No. 813 returns to the North East for Tanfield ‘legends’ gala

    No. 813 returns to the North East for Tanfield ‘legends’ gala

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    FORMER Backworth Collieries 0-6-0ST No. 12, better known in preservation as Great Western Railway No. 813, returned to the Tanfield Railway to celebrate its North East heritage at the line’s Legends of Industry gala on June 14-16. The 1901-built ‘Swindonised’ Hudswell, Clarke last visited Tanfield in 2007, and again was present courtesy of the GWR 813 Preservation…

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