Locomotive, ‘No.N2’, built by Hudswell, Clarke and Company Limited, in 1953, is seen here, (left-hand-side), at North Gawber Colliery, Mapplewell, on 04/03/1971. Beyond locomotive, ‘WD161’, can also be seen, locomotive, ‘No.63’, built by Andrew Barclay Sons and Company Limited, Kilmarnock, and locomotive, ‘WD135’, built by Hunslet Engine Company Limited, Leeds.
Locomotive, ‘No.N2’, was built by Hudswell, Clarke and Company Limited, Leeds, to Works No.1857, in 1953, for the National Coal Board, and delivered new, to North Gawber Colliery, where it acquired the designation, ‘No.N2’, that same year. Here, the locomotive was to remain, until withdrawn from service, at North Gawber Colliery, and sold into preservation, being transferred, to the Shackerstone Railway Society, Leicestershire, on 06/08/1975.
Locomotive, ‘No.63’, was built by Andrew Barclay Sons and Company Limited, Kilmarnock, to Works No.2195, in 1945, for the Workington Iron and Steel Company Limited, and delivered new, to their Moss Bay Iron Works, Workington, Cumberland, that same year. The locomotive was subsequently sold, by the Workington Iron and Steel Company Limited, to the National Coal Board, and transferred from the Moss Bay Iron Works, to Hartley Bank Colliery, on 18/05/1962. The locomotive was transferred, from Hartley Bank Colliery, to North Gawber Colliery, in June 1968, and here it was to remain, until scrapped, on-site, at North Gawber Colliery, by Walter Heselwood Limited, in June 1972.
Locomotive, ‘WD135’, was built by Hunslet Engine Company Limited, Leeds, to Works No.3171, in 1944, for the War Department, as WD No.75121, and later, as WD No.WD135. The locomotive was subsequently sold, by the War Department, to the National Coal Board, and transferred from the War Department’s, Bramley Depot, Hampshire, to the National Coal Board, North Gawber Colliery, in May 1962. Here the locomotive was to remain, until scrapped, on-site there, at North Gawber Colliery, by Coopers Metals (Chesterfield) Limited, Chesterfield, in September 1971.
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