NCB1 (War Department) 0-6-0ST No. 'Fred' (71480)
Shackerstone, Leicestershire, UK 		Location: Battlefield Line Railway
Status: Operational
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1 NCB National Coal Board National Coal Board
Posted: Jan 2, 2025 @ 12:01:11 by Russell Newman
The visit of ex War Department and NCB Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns built Austerity 0-6-0ST Works No. 7289 (WD No. 71480) "Fred", to the Battlefield Line at Shackerstone in Leicestershire for their Winter Warmer Gala weekend on the 11th and 12th January 2025, will see the locomotive now based at the railway as "Fred" will take up residence as their main steam locomotive.
Posted: Dec 7, 2024 @ 13:12:17 by Russell Newman
The ex War Department and NCB Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns built Austerity 0-6-0ST Works No. 7289 (WD No. 71480) "Fred", is to visit the Battlefield Line for the first time for their Winter Warmer Gala weekend being held in the New Year on the 11th and 12th January 2025. This will be the first time that "Fred" will be hauling trains again after 40 years then.
Posted: Sep 29, 2024 @ 14:09:55 by Russell Newman
The restoration on ex War Department and NCB Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns built Austerity 0-6-0ST Works No. 7289 (WD No. 71480) "Fred", has now been completed at Tyseley Locomotive Works, and the locomotive is now operational and ready for testing before going out on hire.
Posted: Jun 16, 2024 @ 11:06:07 by Russell Newman
The restoration of the War Department and NCB Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns built Austerity 0-6-0ST Works No. 7289 (WD No. 71480) "Fred", seems to be in its final stages at Tyseley Locomotive Works as some recent photos online show the locomotive nearly completed and being turned out in a lined red livery.
Posted: Nov 24, 2021 @ 10:11:33 by Dale W Fickes
Following its duties with the WD, the locomotive was purchased by the then Manchester Collieries in 1946, working at pits in Walkden and Leigh, Lancashire. It gained it’s name from a late superintendent of the Manchester Collieries company prior to nationalisation as the NCB, also not recognised on the principal page of this file.