NCB1 Wolstanton Colliery 0-6-0ST No. 52 (Runs as 68030)
Darlington, Durham, UK 		Location: Whessoe Road Engine Shed
Status: Overhaul
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1 NCB National Coal Board National Coal Board
Posted: Jul 21, 2025 @ 14:07:52 by Russell Newman
The Hunslet built J94 Austerity 0-6-0ST No. 68030 (ex NCB Wolstanton Colliery No. 52 "Josiah Wedgwood") has been relocated to the the North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group’s workshop in new Whessoe Road Engine Shed, at Darlington in Durham to be overhauled by them for the North Yorkshire Moors Railway as a joint project between them. The North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group will work on the overhaul of the frames, wheels, motion, saddle tank and cab of the locomotive while the boiler is overhauled by outside contractors.
Posted: Jul 18, 2023 @ 14:07:18 by Russell Newman
The Hunslet built J94 Austerity 0-6-0ST No. 68030 (ex NCB Wolstanton Colliery No. 52 "Josiah Wedgwood") has now relocated to its new home at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, where the rest of its overhaul will be completed in the workshops at the loco sheds at Grosmont.
Posted: Jul 8, 2023 @ 09:07:55 by Russell Newman
It has been suggested that Hunslet built J94 Austerity 0-6-0ST No. 68030 (ex NCB Wolstanton Colliery No. 52 "Josiah Wedgwood") might be converted to oil-firing to provide the North Yorkshire Moors Railway with steam motive power along the line that is safe to use during the dry summer months and at times of high fire risk than coal-fired steam locomotives.
Posted: Jun 20, 2023 @ 14:06:03 by Russell Newman
The Hunslet built J94 Austerity 0-6-0ST No. 68030 (ex NCB Wolstanton Colliery No. 52 "Josiah Wedgwood") is no longer located at the Llangollen Railway as its now located at Heritage Rail Traction in Manchester, Lancashire being overhauled still but will soon be moving to its new home at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.
Posted: Jun 10, 2023 @ 08:06:36 by Russell Newman
The ex NCB Wolstanton Colliery Hunslet built Austerity 0-6-0ST No. 52 "Josiah Wedgwood" (J94 No. 68030) has been donated by its owners the Class 4 Preservation Trust along with BR Standard 4MT 2-6-4T No. 80136 to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway to surcue its future as part of their running fleet for the foreseeable future ahead. No. 68030 as she will now stay as is currently located at Heritage Rail Traction in Manchester and may soon be moved to its new home at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway for its overhaul to continue there.
Posted: Mar 10, 2022 @ 12:03:23 by Russell Newman
The ex NCB Wolstanton Colliery Hunslet built Austerity 0-6-0ST No. 52 running as J94 No. 68030 is now under overhaul at the Llangollen Railway. As its boiler, saddle tank and cab have been removed to be inspected and work to be carried out.
Posted: Aug 11, 2019 @ 12:08:55 by Russell Newman
No. 68030 is currently in storage at the Llangollen Railway for the time being as there are no intermediate plans for a overhaul by its owners for now.
Posted: Jan 29, 2017 @ 13:01:10 by Russell Newman
Due to some problems between its owning group and the Churnet Valley 68030 has left the Churnet Valley Railway and has been moved back to the Llangollen Railway where its overhaul will continue and it looks likely 68030 will be part of the Llangollen Railways spot hire fleet when its back in steam.
Posted: Jul 29, 2016 @ 08:07:25 by Russell Newman
68030 has been moved to the Churnet Valley Railway for overhaul to working order.
Posted: May 24, 2016 @ 12:05:07 by Russell Newman
News has come that No. 52 aka 68030 will be moving to the Churnet Valley Railway where it will overhauled and be based there for 5 years.
Posted: Nov 28, 2015 @ 17:11:30 by Russell Newman
The mock up J94 68030 is at Crewe Heritage Centre awaiting overhaul or in storage?
Posted: Oct 11, 2004 @ 12:10:49 by Ian Bowland

Hi,

Re 68030, the locomotive is owned by The Class 4 Preservation Trust and is currently on hire to The East Lancashire Railway at Bury, Lancashire.  It was loaned to Barrow Hill for a couple of days for their Steam gala but is now en-route back to Bury.

Details can be found at www.80136.co.co - 80136 also being owned by the Trust.

Kind Regards,

Ian Bowland

Secretary

Posted: Feb 20, 2004 @ 12:02:21 by Steve Frost

52 is the classic industrial loco. This ubiquitous design is an 18" inside cylinder Hunslet design that was built by many other builders during the Second World War and afterwards. Known as 'Austerities' because they were the product of an austerity programme at the time, they were, and are, widespread throughout the UK. Today its preserved lines that use them, but in the past it was docks and mines and factories.

Numbered 68030, it is liveried to recreate one of the locos bought by the LNER after the Second World War, and classified by them as J94. They were used as docks shunters in the Hartlepools and as works pilots at North Road loco works, Darlington. Later, famously, some were transferred to the Cromford and High Peak section of the London Midland Region, where they tackled the fearsome gradients of 1 in 14 (7%).In the true J94's the bunker was extended upwards between the cab windows to increase the coal capacity.

This one is working on the Churnet Valley Railway, a preserved portion of the former North Staffordshire Railway.