Billy Embleton
Billy Embleton
Eccles Colliery, Backworth on 26th June 1971
Sir Cecil A Cochrane was moved to Backworth in June 1971 from Redheugh Gas Works in Gateshead, for storage in agreement with the NCB. The two road engine shed stands behind the engine.
It was eventually moved to the Tanfield Railway along with several other vintage engines stored at Backworth when the mine closed in 1980.
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Eccles Colliery, Backworth on 26th June 1971
Sir Cecil A Cochrane was moved to Backworth in June 1971 from Redheugh Gas Works in Gateshead, for storage in agreement with the NCB. The two road engine shed stands behind the engine.
It was eventually moved to the Tanfield Railway along with several other vintage engines stored at Backworth when the mine closed in 1980.
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Uploaded on April 5, 2013
Taken on April 5, 2013