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Wagon LMS 85133
Goods van
| Built | London Midland and Scottish Railway, 19?? |
| Load capacity | 12 tons |
| Length over buffers | 20' 6" (approx 6.2 metres) |
| Previously worked | LMSR, and then British Railways Midland Region |
| Entered collection | Purchased from British Railways in 1963 |
| Current status | Operational |
More details of our rolling stock collection are given in our stockbook.
Go on to goods wagon W113084.
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Rolling Stock - Coaches
Historically the Middleton Railway only transported goods - mainly coal - and so it had no need of passenger coaches. When we started to operate passenger trains, we initially had to use a goods brake van and an open wagon, as the only available vehicles, but since then we have converted several parcels vans into the passenger coaches that we now use. They are identified in our collection by the running numbers that they used to carry as parcels vans, and there are three of them, which in the order in which they came into service are as follows.
As well as these we also have two goods brake vans, which were built originally to carry the guard of a goods train, and to provide additional braking power in the days before goods trains had brakes on all vehicles that could be controlled by the driver. These brake vans are sometimes used to carry passengers when we are running mixed trains (ones that consist of both passenger and goods vehicles) as part of special events. Again, these vans are identified by the running numbers that they used to carry when they were in use on British Railways, and they are as follows.
The pages for these coaches and vans give a brief overview of our collection, but for more information about it our stock book is available in the shop. Click here for more details of this.
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S5: Hudswell-Clarke 1309
0-4-0ST steam locomotive, "Henry de Lacy II"
| Built | 1917, at Leeds |
| Weight | 28 tons 5 cwt |
| Length over buffers | 23' 1" (approx 7.0 m) |
| Driving wheels | 3' 4" diameter (approx 100 cm) |
| Cylinders | 2 (outside), 14" diameter (approx 355 mm) |
| Previously worked | Kirkstall Forge, Leeds |
| Entered collection | Donated by Kirkstall Forge in 1968 |
| Current status | On display, but not operational |
More details of this locomotive are given in our stockbook.
Go on to steam locomotive S6: Hawthorn Leslie 3860.
Go back to steam locomotive S3: NER '1310'.
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S15: Kitson 5469
0-6-0ST steam locomotive 'No. 44', "Conway"
| Built | 1933, at Leeds |
| Weight | Somewhere about 38 to 40 tons |
| Length over buffers | 29' 1" (approx 8.9 m) |
| Driving wheels | 3' 6" diameter (approx 106 cm) |
| Cylinders | 2 (inside), 16" diameter (approx 405 mm) |
| Previously worked | Stewarts & Lloyds steelworks, Corby, Northamptonshire |
| Entered collection | Purchased from a private owner in 2006 with support from the PRISM fund |
| Current status | Recently returned from NRM "Locomotion" at Shildon, following some restoration. On display while awaiting further cosmetic restoration. |
More details of this locomotive are given in our stockbook.
Go on to steam locomotive S16: Hunslet 1540.
Go back to steam locomotive S14: Manning Wardle 1210.
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Rolling Stock - Made in Leeds
Many of our locomotives and other items of rolling stock, including all of our cranes, were built in Leeds. This is true of many industrial locomotives across the world, since Leeds was one of the biggest producers of industrial locomotives.
The displays in our Engine House museum will give you much more information about our local engine making heritage. In particular, you will find information here about each of the different firms in the Leeds area that built railway rolling stock, and about the kinds of processes that were involved in this industry.
More can also be read online at the Leeds Engine Builders web site. Details of this site are given in our Links page.
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- Steam Locomotives;
- Diesel and Electric Locomotives;
- Coaches (and other passenger vehicles);
- Goods wagons;
- Cranes;
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