Brereton Collieries Ltd., Locomotives
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We have details of eight locomotives at Brereton, but photos of only three.
No.1
0-4-0ST Hudswell, Clarke & Rogers 161/1875 Acquired new, sold or scrapped.
No.2
0-4-0ST Hudswell, Clarke & Rogers 194/1878 Acquired new, sold or scrapped.
No.2 ‘Barbara’
0-4-0ST Andrew Barclay 1083/1908 Acquired new. Scrapped 1935.
No.3
One of two No.3s at Brereton
0-6-0ST Manning Wardle 1852/1914 Acquired from Norton & Biddulph Collieries Ltd., Victoria Colliery, N. Staffordshire, 1930. Rebuilt by Robert Heath & Low Moor Ltd., 1924. Scrapped 1935.
No.3
0-4-0ST A Barclay 1365/1914
The other No.3 was acquired from Naworth Coal Co. Ltd., Cumberland, 1935. Still at Brereton Coll. 1957. Since scrapped.
No.4
0-4-0ST A. Barclay 1491/1917. Acquired new. Scrapped 1943.
‘Vanguard’
0-4-0ST Peckett 1491/1917 Acquired from Royal Arsenal, Woolwich 1920. Still at Brereton Coll. 1957, since scrapped.
B2C
0-4-0ST Butterley Company, Ripley, Derbyshire 1889
Acquired from Butterley & Co. Ltd., Codnor Park Forge, Derbyshire, date unknown. Scrapped by NCB at Brereton September 1952.
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Do you want a photo of B2C?
Yes please, that would be great!
John.
John,
give me a email address, have to debug my laptop before I can send direct to the blog
Thanks again Phil, looks good!
great photos of old steam locomotives.