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Diesel Locomotives
 (& other locomotives)
For more details about any of the locomotives on this page click on the appropriate photograph or text to take you to it’s own dedicated page on our sister site www.strps.org.
No. 4 “Naworth”

 Built by Hudswell-Clarke of Leeds in 1952, works no. DM819. Tractive effort 100 h.p. with Gardner 6LW engine and 3 speed gearbox. Formerly worked for National Coal Board, North East Area at Horden Colliery, County Durham.. Used on diesel hauled passenger trains.
Green body with yellow stripe, black frame and wheels, red coupling rods and buffer beams. Owned by the South Tynedale Railway.
No. 9

 Built by Hunslet Engine Company of Leeds in 1952, works no. 4109. Tractive effort 70 h.p. with Gardner 4LW engine and 4 speed gearbox. Rebuilt by South Tynedale Railway in 1992. Formerly worked for National Coal Board, North East Area at Seaham Area Training Centre, County Durham. Used on works trains and as standby passenger locomotive.
Battleship grey body with red band, black frame and wheels, red coupling rods and buffer beams. Owned by the South Tynedale Railway.
No. 11 “Cumbria”

 Built by Hunslet Engine Company of Leeds in 1967, works no. 6646. Tractive effort 60 h.p. with Gardner 4LW engine and single speed gearbox. Formerly worked at Broughton Moor NATO Depot, Maryport, Cumbria. Usually used in Alston yard or on works trains. Although fitted with air-braking it is not suitable for passenger service.
Apple-green body, black frames, red wheels and buffer beams. Privately owned.
No. 17

 4-wheel 50hp battery electric locomotive built by Baguley-Drewry Ltd of Burton-on-Trent in 1973, works no. 3704. Rebuilt by Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. Ltd, Kilmarnock in 1987, works no. 6526. This is one of three battery electric locomotives, NG23 to NG25 that were used on the narrow gauge railway network at R.A.F. Chilmark, until closure in 1995. This locomotive was later preserved and used on the North Gloucestershire Narrow Gauge Railway, Toddington, Gloucestershire, before arriving at Alston. Fitted with new batteries in 2004. Used for shunting within Alston yard.
Green body with yellow and black chevron buffer beams. Owned by the South Tynedale Railway.
No. 18 “Old Rusty”
100hp, Hudswell-Clarke, 0-6-0 diesel mechanical locomotive. “Old Rusty’s” original dimensions were identical to No. 4 “Naworth” but the full original chassis has been used for the rebuild for passenger duties.
Terracotta body, red coupling rods, wheels and buffer beams, black frames. Privately owned.
DB965082

 Wickham permanents way trolley rebuilt from B.R. Standard gauge with a diesel engine.
Green livery. Privately owned.

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