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Hunslet Engine Company 8975

Hunslet 8975 is typical of the kind of narrow gauge diesel shunters which were built for colliery use by the Hunslet Engine Company in the late 1970s. The diesel-hydraulic locomotive worked at the 762mm gauge surface stockyard at Parkside Colliery, Newton-le-Willows and was withdrawn in 1993 with the closure of the colliery.
8675 at the Statfold Barn Railway



Information
Number built: 1
Built: 1979
Builder: Hunslet Engine Company
Motor: Perkins 4-cyl diesel
Power: 52 hp / 39 kW
Wheel arrangement: 4wDH

The locomotive was preserved at the Lancashire Mining Museum at Astley Green and has helped with the building of a line at the museum, and now hauls passenger trains. During preservation it has been converted to 610mm gauge at the Statfold Barn Railway.
The locomotive carries the name Newton

Another view of 8975