2015
NY3224 : Threlkeld Quarry - steam train
taken 9 years ago, near to Threlkeld, Cumbria, England
Threlkeld Quarry - steam train
This train is being hauled by two visiting steam locomotives from Apedale Valley Light Railway and banked by the lines indigenous locomotive - Sir Tom.
In the lead is - Hudswell Clarke No. 1238 of 1916. It was exported to Ghana to work the Ashanti Goldfields but in 1952 fell into a river during a storm. The driver was killed and the locomotive abandoned until its recovery in 1995. The locomotive returned to the UK in 2008 and was finally recommissioned after a major restoration in 2014.
Behind it is Stanhope - Kerr Stuart 0-4-2ST narrow gauge locomotive of the Tattoo class.
Sir Tom was made by Bagnall of Stafford in 1926 and named after Sir Tom Callender of British Insulated Callender Cables. This 0-4-0 saddle tank narrow gauge loco worked at BICC in Kent until 1968. After lying idle for thirty three years, it arrived at Threlkeld in 2001 and has undergone complete restoration.
This special event had seven working steam locomotives and two steam excavators (navvies).
Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum Threlkeld Quarry, which is situated three miles east of Keswick, originally opened in 1870 to supply railway ballast to the Penrith-Keswick line. Later, the stone was used by the Manchester Corporation Waterworks for their Thirlmere scheme, for railway ballast for the Crewe-Carlisle line, for roadstone, kerbing and for facing buildings with dressed stone. The granite quarry finally closed in 1982 and is now the site for the Threlkeld Quarry & Mining Museum which is run by a group of volunteers.
The extensive quarry site has ample space for the display of the unique collection of vintage excavators and old quarry machinery. The 2ft gauge mineral railway has been relaid and provides a ride into the inner quarry for visitors to view the quarry faces in safety.
Link Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum
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