The Tanfield Railway have announced that resident steam locomotive, No.49, has hauled its first train over the weekend following an overhaul.
No.49 was taken out of service in September 2011 as her boiler ticket had expired and meant an extensive overhaul was in the pipeline.
The locomotive joins No.3 Twizell, No.2, Sir Cecil A. Cochrane as resident steam locomotives at the Tanfield Railway, along with a number of diesel locomotives.
Its great to see another steam locomotive back what they do best, hauling passengers!
A brief history of No.49
No.49 was built by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns as 5062, later becoming 75062, in Newcastle in 1943. The World War surrounded her working life. The locomotive was stored on the Melbourne Military R Railway (MMR) in Derbyshire. Later, she was moved to the War Department storage in Shoeburyness in Essex in 1944.
In 1946, she went on loan to the Ministry of Fuel and Power, specifically, to the Swannington opencast disposal point in Leicestershire. She was bought by the National Coal Board and changed to lined green livery and No. 49.
In June 1980, No.49 moved to Marley Hill on the Tanfield Railway, she was overhauled and returned to traffic, where she was a regular sight on passenger trains. In 2004, she was loaned to the Weardale Railway and also loaned to the National Railway Museum in 2008 for their “1968 and All That” event
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