Monty Stubble
12 years ago
Yes I know Hodbarrow's in the northwest at Millom. However this concerns the 0-4-0ST of the same name.

Originally built in 1882 by the Hunslet Engine Company, it's one of their oldest in existence.

For the last few years it has been sitting, rusting in the Armley Mills Industrial Museum in Leeds but has recently begun a long journey, both mechanically and geographically back to a working condition.

http://www.aditnow.co.uk/supersize/Personal-Album-1085-Image-88644/ 
The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.
Henry David Thoreau
Yorkshireman
12 years ago
"Monty Stubble" wrote:

Yes I know Hodbarrow's in the northwest at Millom. However this concerns the 0-4-0ST of the same name.

Originally built in 1882 by the Hunslet Engine Company, it's one of their oldest in existence.

For the last few years it has been sitting, rusting in the Armley Mills Industrial Museum in Leeds but has been recently begun a long journey, both mechanically and geographically back to a working condition.

http://www.aditnow.co.uk/supersize/Personal-Album-1085-Image-88644/ 



Hi Monty, nice to see it out in the sun - I think this may be the same engine:

http://www.aditnow.co.uk/photo/Personal-Album-8946-Image-88645/ 

Shot ages ago in Leeds (possibly in the 1980s).

Cheers
D.

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