Dinorwic Slate quarry 0-4-0WT No. 70 'Caledonia'
Liphook, Hampshire, UK 		Location: Hollycombe Steam Collection
Status: Operational
Posted: Apr 11, 2025 @ 14:04:17 by Russell Newman
The overhaul on the former Dinorwic Slate Mines, Andrew Barclay built 0-4-0WT (Work No. 1995) No. 70 "Caledonia", has just been completed and the locomotive was successfully steam tested and is now ready to enter service at the Hollycombe Steam Collection for the 2025 running season.
Posted: Sep 1, 2018 @ 16:09:00 by Robin R Beck
Originally operated at Burnhope Reservoir railway, a railway used in the construction of a dam built to flood the Burnhope Burn valley, a tributary of the river Wear in County Durham. Construction lasted 1931 to 1937. The loco was then sold to Dinorwic Slate Quarry. Now part of the Hollycombe steam collection. Has operated on their narrow gauge railway. Now being overhauled and in need of a new boiler.