North Tyneside Steam Railway

  • No. 401: The peak of industrial locomotive development

    No. 401: The peak of industrial locomotive development

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    No. 401, with surviving sister No. 403, are generally considered to represent the pinnacle of industrial steam locomotive design. They were part of a trio built for the Steel Company of Wales (SCOW) for its Abbey, Margam and Port Talbot works, where they would be evaluated alongside three new six-coupled diesel electric locomotives, which had…

  • Pioneering WSR Bagnall steams again on Tyneside

    Pioneering WSR Bagnall steams again on Tyneside

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    A LOCOMOTIVE which worked on the West Somerset Railway in its early years has returned to steam after 11 years. Bagnall New Standard 18 class 0-6-0ST No. 2994 Vulcan, more recently known as No. 401 Thomas Burt MP, is now based at the North Tyneside Steam Railway, and was steamed on January 17 for the…

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