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A Loco
Called Consett |
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by John
Harvey | |
| I resisted the temptation to
call this item "a train called Consett". Although it is a
snappy title I recall that when I worked at Consett engine
sheds if you had called a locomotive a train the older
men would have thumped you (Steve T) John Harvey tells the story of
Number 10 - a locomotive now known as "Consett" |
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George
Cowell superintendent for Consett iron and steel. Works was
responsible for the design and construction of Diesel
locomotive called Consett no 10.
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| She was built at Temple Town
steam locomotive workshop in 1958 and was solidly built in
order to withstand damage, which can occur when shunting
wagons in all areas, which involved molten
materials. |
| Her days were numbered in
1970’s. A relic from past, she was saved from being cut up for
scrap by Mr G. Cowell and Mr. D. Vernon, works production
services manager for British Steel Corporation Consett. Number
10 was donated to Tyne & Wear County Council museums in
1976. She was based at Monkwearmouth Railway Museum until
being moved to the Stephenson Railway Heritage museum at
Boldon. In 1986 the museum moved to North Tyneside where she
now stays, a tribute to Consett’s past. The Stephenson Railway
Museum is situated on the Silverlink estate near North
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comment
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A super bit of industrial history.
I really must visit the museum Rob Kerss
Northampton
Hi, great story, I
remember working on the loco when I worked asan apprentice in the
"engine sheds". Cheers Ken Postle, Canada
I was an office
boy/messenger at the brickworks at the time of Mr
Cowell,about 1955 and used to hitch rides on the oil burning engines
down to the main offices. Mike Collins Auckland , New Zealand.
originally
appeared in Newcastle Community News |
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