Hunslet 16in 0-6-0ST No. 1589 of 1924 Newstead has appeared in public view for the first time in more than three decades, after being thought lost to the heritage sector.
Newstead sees the light after 30 years
Malcolm Saul’s widow Jane with Hunslet 0-6-0ST Newstead at Wansford on April 23. She said:
The locomotive was purchased from the NCB’s Woolley colliery near Barnsley, by Malcolm Saul in the early 1970s.
He had a collection of vintage vehicles at Ware in Hertfordshire and the locomotive joined his collection.
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