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RAIL PHOTOPRINTS
Prototype: Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Kitson 0-6-2T
Gauge: ‘OO’
Proposed
by: Peter Gower
What is it?
When it comes to tank engines there is nothing else quite like the Lambton Collieries 0-6-2T locomotives, which proved to be very effective for hauling coal from the pitheads at Philadelphia, County Durham, to the quayside at Sunderland. The first 0-6-2T for the Lambton Colliery network was No. 29, built by Kitson and Company, of Leeds. Entering service in 1904, No. 29 boasted a tractive effort of 23,500lb and, after proving successful, was joined by two identical locomotives in 1907 (Nos. 30/31). Two further 0-6-2Ts followed a couple of years later (Nos. 5/10), but these were products of Robert Stephenson’s works and differed to the Kitson originals.