Fowler Road Locomotive 15649 "Providence"
Coping beautifully with the steep descent into the colliery village at Beamish Museum is 1920-built 13-ton Fowler road locomotive 15649 "Providence", registered CT 3940, hauling a trailer carrying narrow gauge 4-6-2 steam locomotive "Whillan Beck".
"Whillan Beck" (Works No.8457) was originally built in 1929 by Krauss & Co. of Munich. It was built to work at the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, a world fair held in Seville, Spain.
Following the exposition it was used rarely until 1932, when it was placed in storage until the 1960's. It had little or no use after that time. It was eventually acquired by the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society in 2015 and was rebuilt for them in 2017 by Old Hall Engineering of Bouth, Cumbria (UK).
The rig was attending the museum's steam fair of April 2022.
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Fowler Road Locomotive 15649 "Providence"
Coping beautifully with the steep descent into the colliery village at Beamish Museum is 1920-built 13-ton Fowler road locomotive 15649 "Providence", registered CT 3940, hauling a trailer carrying narrow gauge 4-6-2 steam locomotive "Whillan Beck".
"Whillan Beck" (Works No.8457) was originally built in 1929 by Krauss & Co. of Munich. It was built to work at the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, a world fair held in Seville, Spain.
Following the exposition it was used rarely until 1932, when it was placed in storage until the 1960's. It had little or no use after that time. It was eventually acquired by the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society in 2015 and was rebuilt for them in 2017 by Old Hall Engineering of Bouth, Cumbria (UK).
The rig was attending the museum's steam fair of April 2022.
Copyright © 2022 Terry Pinnegar Photography. All Rights Reserved. THIS IMAGE IS NOT TO BE USED WITHOUT MY EXPRESS PERMISSION!