INDUSTRIAL
DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES AT BLAENAVON
Updated 28 May 06
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New entry 25 Sep 06
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The
railway has a fascinating variety of ex-industrial diesel locomotives, most are
natives of the
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(added 30
July 09) Locomotive details:- Builder: Built: Wheel Arrangement: 0-4-0DM Weight: Tractive
effort: Power unit: Transmission:
Mechanical This is ‘Trecatty’, which worked in an opencast site of the same
name near Cwmbargoed for Taylor Woodrow. The locomotive is privately owned and
arrived in late November 2008. It is
an 0-6-0 DM built by Ruston Hornsby, and spent some time on the Gwili Railway img_1922rr Arrived late nov 08 |
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Vanguard 0-4-0 DM (added 30 July 09) Locomotive details:- Builder: Built: Wheel Arrangement: 0-4-0DM Weight: Tractive
effort: Power unit: Transmission:
Mechanical Here is
‘Vanguard’ pictured on img_1654rr |
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Ruston 0-4-0DM ‘Gower Princess’ Locomotive details:- Builder: Ruston & Hornsby Ltd, Lincoln Built: About 1941, works
No. 200793 Wheel Arrangement:
0-4-0DM Weight: Tractive
effort: Power unit: Ruston 48hp diesel engine Transmission:
Mechanical This tiny 4-wheel shunter,
arrived on 9 August 2007 from the Swansea Vale Railway, and has proved very
useful in shunting single wagons around the yard – and even up the main line |
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English Electric 0-6-0DH, No.104 ‘Llanwern’ Locomotive details:- Built:1968,
rebuilt 1971, works no.D1249. Wheel Arrangement: 0-6-0 Power unit: turbocharged 550hp
Dorman V8 Transmission: Hydraulic ‘Llanwern’ is a diesel hydraulic
shunting engine, built for, and donated to us by British Steel, after working
at Llanwern steelworks. It was fitted shortly after arrival with a
vacuum brake system so that it could work our passenger trains. It is our principal motive power when steam
power is unavailable, and the heavy throb of its engine, when working up the
bank is a familiar sound to residents living in nearby Garn yr Erw photo: Mark Henderson |
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English Electric 0-6-0DH, No.106 Locomotive details:- Built:1968,
rebuilt 1971, works no.D1226. Wheel Arrangement: 0-6-0 Power unit: turbocharged
550hp Dorman V8 Transmission: Hydraulic No.106
is clearly a stablemate to Llanwern,
and was also donated by British Steel in 1991, and, although carrying a
higher fleet number, carries a lower works number, and is believed to be the
first of this ‘class’. As such the
side valances are different in detail, but in all other respects she appears
identical. It was intended that she be
kept to provide spares for Llanwern, since she had
badly worn wheels, and a suspect engine.
However, so reliable has Llanwern been that
106 remains untouched. Should a benefactor come
riding over the mountain with £10,000 in his pocket, 106 can have her wheels
fixed. The idea of 104 and 106,
working together, expending 1100hp, and pushing a heavy train up the bank is a thrilling
one – what a sight – and sound – that would be! |
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Hunslet 0-8-0DH, No.170 ‘Ebbw’ Locomotive details:- Built:1971,
works no.D7063. Wheel Arrangement: 0-8-0 Power units: twin supercharged straight 6 Cummins
NT388s, each of 400 hp Transmission:
Hydraulic Another
British Steel locomotive, one of a delivery of four 80-ton locomotives
delivered to Ebbw Vale steelworks in the early seventies. Now the only survivor, and one of only two
0-8-0 diesel locomotives remaining, the other being a much smaller Sentinel
on the Avon Valley Railway. Now privately
owned, she is painted in 'Hymek' colours (a spoof
on her works number D7063, but retains her original British Steel fleet
number, 170. She is fitted with a pair
of Cummins NT388 engines, developing a total of 800hp. The No1 engine has recently been completely
rebuilt. Her massive size and weight
means she sees little work, and is rarely seen in action outside galas. photo: Mark Henderson |
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Rolls-Royce Sentinel 0-4-0DM, No.1 ‘Panteg’ Locomotive Details:- Builder: Sentinel Ltd., Shrewsbury. Built; 1961, works no.10083 Wheel Arrangement : 0-4-0 Power unit:: supercharged
straight 6 Rolls Royce Transmission: mechanical,
chain drive, This loco was built at the
Shrewsbury Works of the Sentinel Company and it spent its working life at the
Stainless Works of the British Steel Company at Panteg
near Pontypool. The diesel is powered by a
supercharged Rolls Royce engine via torque converters and self change gearbox
with chain drive to the wheels. The internal rail system at the works was closed
down during l988 and the British Steel Company donated the loco to the
Railway. Two similar diesels that also
worked at Panteg have gone into preservation at the
Dean Forest Railway. The loco, which
was overhauled in 2004, has seen much work on Permanent Way trains. Pictures of Panteg’s
2004 overhaul are at http://hudswell.fotopic.net/c380327.html |
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John Fowler 0-6-0DM No.RT1 Locomotive Details:- Builder: John Fowler &
Co. Ltd., Leeds. Built: 1938, works
no.JF22497. Wheel Arrangement: 0-6-0DM. Power unit: l50 hp 6-cyl.
Fowler Sanders This diesel was supplied to the Richard
Thomas Steelworks at Ebbw Vale by the John Fowler
Company of Hunslet, Leeds in 1938. This locomotive
is laid out with a mid-body cab and it has a 150 hp engine mounted on an 0-6-0 chassis. Although there are examples of 0-4-0
Fowler diesels throughout This locomotive saw its last
industrial service at the British Steel Company’s tinplate works at Abercarn, Gwent.
When delivered to Blaenavon the shunter was
in blue livery but has since been repainted in its original colour of green with yellow lining out. Early on in the railway’s history she was
involved on works duties on the line here, and also saw a small amount of use
on the passenger trains. She has
recently been transferred from the Company to one of its members, and is
undergoing extensive overhaul at present, and looks considerably brighter now
than in the photograph. |
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Hudswell Clarke
0-6-0DM, Shell-BP No.14 Locomotive Details:- Builder: Hudswell Clarke & Co., Leeds. Built: 1938, works no.D615. Wheel Arrangement: 0-6-0DM. Power unit:
Maclaren-Benz150 hp Built
for: Shell-BP (and still carrying the legend ‘Shell-Mex
No.14 on arrival in June 2004), she was previously at the photo: Alistair Grieve |
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Hudswell
Clarke 0-4-0DH, NCB DL16 Locomotive Details:- Builder: Hudswell Clarke & Co., Leeds. Built: 1967, works no.D1387. Wheel
Arrangement: 0-6-0 This loco was supplied to the National Coal Board, at
Bolsover Colliery, Derbyshire in 1967.
Here she worked here until the early nineties, when she was
transferred, surplus to requirements to the Shropshire Collection. Here she remained until purchased by the
Somerset and Dorset Locomotive Company in year 2000. At Yeovil Junction she performed as works shunter, until the S&DLCo
loco collection had been dispersed by sale.
She was then purchased by a group of PBR members, and arrived on site
in December 2004. Nicely turned out in a relatively sombre green, she has
become a reliable performer round the yard, and is often seen during stock
moves or on P Way trains photo: Mark Henderson |
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Wickham
6947 Not
really a locomotive, and certainly not a diesel loco, since it now has a
petrol engine,.
Nevertheless, its owner wanted it included in this register, and we
felt obliged to include it for the same of completeness. The photo shows the Wickham before
restoration began. Carrying
the British Railways number PWM 3962, and previously numbered B36W, this
little fellow was station at Plymouth (WR) for most of its working life. It was purchased from the Bluebell Railway
in 1989, by a consortium of members; it is now owned nominally by just one. Restoration started on 16 May 2004, though
several years have been spent trying to find a suitable engine/gearbox
combination for the unit. Success was
achieved in the middle of 2006, so we await completion quite soon. The vehicle has already been restored to a
high cosmetic standard, so we hope it won’t be long before it’s out and
about. Photo: Jon Goss |
