0-4-0ST No.1742 Millom Steam Engine at Buckinghamshire Railway
by Gordon James
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0-4-0ST No.1742 Millom Steam Engine at Buckinghamshire Railway
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Gordon James
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0-4-0ST No.1742 Millom Steam Engine at Buckinghamshire Railway
This locomotive was built by Hudswell Clarke in 1946 for the Ministry of Supply. It was originally deployed at the West Chirton depot near Wallsend
After two years it was moved to the WD Proof and Experimental Establishment, Eskmeals in Cumberland (now Cumbria). In February 1957, it was deemed surplus to requirements and sold to the Millom and Askham Haematite and Iron Co Ltd.
After delivery to the ironworks, the engine was stored until 1963, then given a full overhaul and set to work at the Hodbarrow ironstone mine. When Hodbarrow closed, the locomotive returned to Millom and at about this time it gained a set of buffers from a Sentinel locomotive. In 1968 Millom Haematite ceased operation so 1742 became surplus to requirements.
The locomotive was sold by the receivers to a Quainton Railway Society (QRS) member and it arrived at Quainton in March 1970.
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