Worksplate, Hudswell Clarke & Co Ltd. 1412 dated 1920, oval, brass, 12 7/8 x 8. Ex Standard Gauge 0-4-0ST with 16 cylinders, ordered in June 1919 for Lambton & Hetton Collieries for working on the Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Railway as their No.11 and delivered in August 1920. The order book states it was painted green and built to North Eastern Railway clearances. Absorbed into the NCB in January 1947 and worked in the Philadelphia area. By 1969 it was at Hylton Colliery, Castletown, on the north bank of the River Wear at Sunderland, Co. Durham. In fine well used condition, the back not cleaned.
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Auction: May 2011, Lot: 94