Hunslet locomotive at Kilmersdon Colliery
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Hunslet locomotive at Kilmersdon Colliery
Image: © Martin Tester Taken: 4 Sep 1968
Hunslet 0-4-0T 1684 of 1931 arrived at Kilmersdon from Norton Hill Colliery in 1966 following closure of that pit. I don't think she saw much use at Kilmersdon & shortly after my photo was taken was bought for preservation. After several changes of ownership the loco is now at the Middleton Railway in Leeds & so back in the city of her birth but I don't has been steamed since her days in Somerset. For details see: https://preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/hunslet-works-no-1684-mendip-collier-0-4-0t/ Shunting at Kilmersdon remained the duty of Peckett 1788 (see Image) until the colliery's closure in 1973.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.282834
Longitude
-2.449881