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	This page shows images of the Yorkshire Dales Railway, also known as the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway. The Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway is a heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England, (formed in 1968 and re-opened in 1981). The preserved railway was part of the former Midland Railway route from Skipton to Ilkley (which was closed down by British Railways in 1965 over 15 years before). The railway currently runs for a total distance of 4 miles (6 km) from Bow Bridges, (a loop a short distance east of Embsay), via Embsay, Holywell Halt and Stoneacre Loop to Bolton Abbey station. The railway has a (very) long-term objective to extend the line north towards the North Yorkshire market town of Skipton (where trains could one day interchange with services on the Airedale Line). The eastern end of the railway at Bow Bridges is a loop a short distance east of Embsay station. This terminus of the railway is only a few metres away from the cut back Skipton-Swinden Quarry section of the Grassington Branch, which remains as a freight-only line. For more information see:- www.embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk

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There are a number of Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0T locos on the railway. Norman was operating the trains on my my April 2013 visit.

The Hunslet 48150 class were built for the Guest Keen Baldwins Iron & Steel Company in 1937, being an enlarged version of a design dating from 1923. These developed into the 50550 class of 1941-42, with various modifications. At the outbreak of the Second World War, the War Department had initially chosen the LMS 'Jinty' 3F 0-6-0T as its standard shunting locomotive, but was persuaded by Hunslet that a simplified version of their more modern 50550 design would be more suitable. The first was completed at their Leeds works at the start of 1943.

Hunslet subcontracted some of the construction to Andrew Barclay Sons & Co., W. G. Bagnall, Hudswell Clarke, Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns and the Vulcan Foundry. After D-Day they were used on Continental Europe and in North Africa as well as at docks and military sites in Britain. A total of 377 had been built for the War Department by 1947 (on orders placed during the war), with two further engines having been built for collieries (without the permission of the Ministry of Supply). After the war, 75 locomotives were sold to the LNER and classified as J94 and 90 locomotives were kept by the military. 36 locos remained in the Netherlands after the war and others were sold into UK industrial use. Around 70 locos have passed into preservation.

Wheldale is a standard Austerity, from one of the first batches to be built by Hunslets. It was a development of their 18" 50550 class. It was built in 1944, bearing their works number 3168. Although it is referred to by its NCB number, S134, it became part of the Army's fleet, based at Bicester, as their No.134. Wheldale was in good mechanical condition upon arrival and ran until its boiler certificate expired mid way through the 90s.

ref: www.embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk

Built in Leeds by Hunslets as their No.3788 in 1953, Monckton No.1 was one of the later Austerity saddletanks. It was delivered new to the colliery of the same name at Royston, near to Barnsley. New Monckton had three shafts, and adjacent to it was a coke works. The colliery railway system was extensive with many sidings, but also lines to the Aire & Calder navigation, the spoil tip, the Midland Railway and the Hull & Barnsley sidings at Shafton.

In November, after the colliery closed in 1967, Monckton No.1 was transferred to North Gawber Colliery, Mapplewell, some three miles north of Barnsley. The locomotive left the NCB for a new home at Embsay on 3rd February 1980, and began running there soon afterwards and remained a useable member of the fleet until persistently leaking tubes caused its demise. Despite there being little wrong with the engine, it was laid aside and it was not until 1997 that work began to overhaul it.

The engine was first steamed again on May 27th 2002. Monckton worked until the 2005 Santa season, but was failed towards the end of it with leaking tubes/firebox. This took most of 2006 to rectify, but Monckton successfully passed its tests and entered traffic just in time for the 2006 Santa Specials. Monckton was also repainted into original livery. However, Monckton was soon withdrawn again with a new firebox being required and it is still stored on display at Bolton Abbey.

ref: www.embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk

This is a Barclay 0-4-0 diesel hydraulic shunter, which was donated to the railway by National Power, with some help from our friends the Foxfield Railway. The locomotive was built at Barclay's Kilmarnock's Works in 1957/8 (works number 440), supplied as No. 1, with three identical sisters, to High Marham Power Station near Newark. In 1969 Nos. 1, 3 and 4 were transferred to Meaford Power Station near Stone, where the locomotives were repainted and given the numbers 1, 2 and 3. Later they were joined by an 0-6-0 diesel, also built by Barclays, which became No. 4. In 1982 Nos. 2 and 3 were scrapped, leaving Nos. 1 and 4 which survived into preservation.

As part of the deal with National Power, the railway was obliged to repaint the loco into their house colours of bright red and blue - a livery which No. 4 now supports on the Foxfield line. Mechanically the locomotive was in excellent condition upon arrival, and also came with a fully recorded service history from Barclays. Since then it has fulfilled the need for a heavy shunter to move dead locomotives around at Embsay.