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| Martin planing the edge of the lathe room doors (photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe) |
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| Colin planing the door further down, with a hand from Julian & Martin |
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| Terry painting the fireguard for East Tanfield (photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe) |
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| Arthur tidying up the woodwork shed |
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| Martin collecting dry firewood for Saturday's locos |
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| Ian removing some slurry |
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| Ian & I moving fill from the proposed shed site |
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| Richard applying oil to some of M2's linkages |
3 comments:
Other than it is Dismantled and In the Yard I can’t find information about M2. If anybody knows about it’s history or plans for it that would be interesting.
It was repatriated from Australia where it worked on the Tasmanian Railways. It is of 3'6" gauge, so it will never be restored, but it is hoped that it will get a cosmetic restoration and then used as a gate guard
The M class of 10 locos were built by RSH Darlington for the Tasmanian government railway 3'6" main line use in the early 1950s. First numbered M1 to M10, some of the class were rebuilt around 1960 as MAs. M2 was originally M10. I understand that at withdrawal some parts were swapped to keep other M/MAs going, then it was displayed at a Tasmanian seaside park. Of the 10 locos, 9 are preserved around Tasmania, with some working.
M2 was repatriated in the 1990s as an example of the large number of main line & export locos built by RSH Darlington and other NE loco builders, ie beyond the common association with industrial locos. There was an idea of running the loco on multi gauge MH to Byermoor, but time moves on. Cosmetic restoration or/for use as a gate guardian are recently mooted ideas; the loco has been offered to other sites as such, but ultimately declined.
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