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Narrow Gauge - Beeston Sleeper Works No.1

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A narrow gauge line served the sleeper works at Beeston in Nottinghamshire. This 0-4-0ST steam locomotive was saved for preservation and was photographed in a garden at Didcot in Oxfordshire..

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Former Beeston Sleeper Works "0-4-0ST steam locomotive No.1" awaiting preservation in a garden at Didcot.
Photograph dated 15th May 1990.

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Broadside view of former Beeston Sleeper Works "No.1".


	Loco manufacturer: Maker's type: Maker's number: Ordered: Shipped: Boiler type: Boiler pressure: Valve gear: Cylinders: Gauge: Wheels: Weight:	W G Bagnall of Stafford Mercedes class 0-4-0ST 1889 10th May 1911 27th May 1911 Bullhead 140 psi Bagnall-Price 6 x 9 in 3 ft 0 in 1 ft 7 in 5.25 tons

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Former Beeston Sleeper Works "No.1" awaiting preservation at Didcot 15th May 1990.


The footplate area of the locomotive 15th May 1990.


	New to: Then to: Then to: Then to: Then to: Then to: Then to: Then to:	Judkins Ltd of Tuttle Hill Granite Quarry, near Nuneaton, Warwickshire ME Engineering of Neasden, London British Railways Beeston Sleeper Works, Nottinghamshire in June 1956, initially on hire, then sold March locomotive depot, Cambridgeshire, October 1962 Mr S A Burgess of Haddenham, Cambridgeshire circa 1963 Mr R Hilton of Didcot, Oxfordshire Charles Sanders of Cambridgeshire 1994 Amerton Railway, Staffordshire 18th March 2008

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The weeds are beginning to engulf former Beeston Sleeper Works "No.1" in this view 15th May 1990.


Rear view of Beeston Sleeper Works "No.1" at Didcot on 15th May 1990.


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The amount of work needed to restore the locomotive is evident from this view 15th May 1990.


	.BR working location: Opened as: Map reference: Location: First narrow gauge loco arrived: Works operational: Site later re-used as:	Beeston Sleeper Works Midland Railway Beeston Creosote Works SK 539369 0.75 miles E of Beeston station N of line 1945 1886 to 1965 Freightliner depot

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A final view of saddle tank Beeston Sleeper Works "No.1" at Didcot on 15th May 1990.


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