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577 Mary Hudswell Clarke 0-4-0DM built 1932
No. 577 Mary was built by Hudswell Clarke in 1932 at the same time as another Middleton locomotive, John Alcock, was being built by the Hunslet Engine Co. literally at the other side of the road. The locomotive went to the Severn Valley Railway from Beswick's Limeworks, Hindlow, Derbyshire. It was later purchased by a Middleton member and transported to the Middleton Railway in 1980.
The locomotive is currently powered by a Gardner Diesel engine. Its original Mirrlees, Bickerton & Day engine is now sectioned and housed in the Manchester Museum of Science & Technology.
250th Anniversary of Middleton Railway on 20th September 2008.
577 Mary Hudswell Clarke 0-4-0DM built 1932
No. 577 Mary was built by Hudswell Clarke in 1932 at the same time as another Middleton locomotive, John Alcock, was being built by the Hunslet Engine Co. literally at the other side of the road. The locomotive went to the Severn Valley Railway from Beswick's Limeworks, Hindlow, Derbyshire. It was later purchased by a Middleton member and transported to the Middleton Railway in 1980.
The locomotive is currently powered by a Gardner Diesel engine. Its original Mirrlees, Bickerton & Day engine is now sectioned and housed in the Manchester Museum of Science & Technology.
250th Anniversary of Middleton Railway on 20th September 2008.