NCB1 (Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries) 0-6-2T No. 29
Grosmont, Yorkshire, UK 		Location: North Yorkshire Moors Railway
Status: Operational
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1 NCB National Coal Board National Coal Board
Posted: Apr 3, 2024 @ 06:04:49 by Russell Newman
The ex Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries, Kitson & Co. built 0-6-2T No. 29, is the thrid visiting locomotive at the Mid Hants Railway (The Watercress Line) for their Spring Steam Gala Weekend fron the 26th to 28th of April 2024.
Posted: Dec 26, 2023 @ 10:12:56 by Russell Newman
The ex Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries, Kitson & Co. built 0-6-2T No. 29, will be visiting the Severn Valley Railway for the first time, as their second visiting locomotive for their Spring Steam Gala on the 18th to 21st of April 2024.
Posted: Aug 15, 2023 @ 11:08:40 by Russell Newman
The ex Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Kitson & Co. built 0-6-2T No. 29 is heading to Scotland for the first time to visit the Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway, to star at their Steam Gala from the 1st to 3rd of September 2023.
Posted: Jun 9, 2023 @ 15:06:28 by Russell Newman
The ex Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Kitson & Co. built 0-6-2T No. 29 is to visit the North Tyneside Steam Railway as their second visiting locomotive for their Steam Gala from the 14th to 16th of July 2023. The visit of No. 29 will be a bit of a home coming as the North Tyneside Steam Railway is not to far away from the former Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Railway system was where No. 29 worked.
Posted: Jul 9, 2022 @ 13:07:38 by Russell Newman
The ex Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Kitson & Co. built 0-6-2T No. 29 will be visiting the Nene Valley Railway later this year for their Industrial & Vintage Steam Gala Weekend on the 1st and 2nd of October 2022.
Posted: Jun 16, 2021 @ 09:06:34 by Russell Newman
The ex Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Kitson & Co built 0-6-2T No. 29 has gone on a hired visit to Didcot Railway Centre as extra motive power for the summer season there.
Posted: Jul 16, 2019 @ 09:07:33 by Russell Newman
No. 29 was steamed and moved under its own power for the first time in 5 years today. The locomotive will undertake running in trials on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway before she enters service soon.
Posted: Jul 11, 2019 @ 09:07:40 by Russell Newman
The ex Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Kitson & Co built 0-6-2T No. 29 is in her final stages of her overhaul as the locomotive has been reassembled and is being repainted before steam tests and test runs at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway later this month. When successfully entering service No. 29 is off to visit Peak Rail in Derbyshire for their first Mixed Traffic Gala on the weekend of August 10th and 11th 2019.
Posted: Mar 1, 2016 @ 12:03:49 by Steve Frost
The go ahead for making a new cylinder block for this veteran has been given. Consideration is also being given to see if the pattern could be modified to make a new block for fellow Lambton 0-6-2 tank loco No 5.
Posted: Sep 30, 2015 @ 13:09:11 by Steve Frost
February 2015

Sadly, 29 is out of service as she's developed a cracked cylinder block. Since a new one will have to be produced, she may be sidelined for some time. A pity, as she's a lovely old engine.

Posted: Sep 30, 2015 @ 13:09:25 by Steve Frost
November 20052005

29 is back at Grosmont, and has had some teething problems since its return - hot axlebox, hot coupling rod bearing and a leaking steam pipe. Still hasn't made it to K&ESR, but if she's fit it may happen this year.

Posted: Sep 30, 2015 @ 13:09:38 by Steve Frost
5th March 2004

Currently out of traffic and at Bury for a bottom end overhaul before return to NYMR and a visit to the Kent and East Sussex Railway. This will be the furthest south the old girl has ever been.

Posted: Sep 30, 2015 @ 13:09:15 by Steve Frost
31 March 2003

29 is a tank engine built for the Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries to one of Kitson's standard designs. Similar locos were supplied to main line companies like the Hull and Barnsley Railway and the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway. Withdrawn from the National Coal Board's depot at Philadelphia, Co Durham, she has spent most of her retirement on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, where she worked the first train on reopening to the public in 1973 with NER 0-6-0 No 2392. Currently in traffic, she worked a heavy mileage on NYMR trains in 2002 - not bad for a loco nearing its centenary!