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Bluebell Railway
North
London Railway, Class 75 Goods Tank, No.27505.
This powerful goods locomotive was built in 1880
for shunting in the docks served by the North London Railway. The NLR
became part of the LNWR and, at the grouping in 1923, the LMS. Several locos
from this class became celebrities thanks to their use on the LMS's very steeply
graded Cromford and High Peak line in Derbyshire. Designed by J. C. Park and
carried Numbers, NLR: 76, 116, LNWR: 2650, LMS: 7505, 27505, BR: 58850
When withdrawn from traffic in 1960 it was
the last of its class and stored at Derby until coming to the Bluebell in 1962.
Used by contractors for the demolition of the line from East Grinstead to
Ardingly, it has since been used in the rebuilding of the same line, on the
Bluebell's extension northwards to Kingscote.
Requiring major boiler work before it could be
steamed again, mean while it was placed on loan to other locations. In 1999 it
went on loan to Barrow Hill Engine Shed, and in May 2005 was moved to the
Ecclesbourne Valley Railway. It arrived back at Sheffield Park on 22nd October
2005, with the intention an overhaul.
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