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Ron. Was this an old colliery engine?. The Dorothy, and
The Delia, pulled the wagons across the moss at Ince, to Ince railway Station. There may have been one other, but I cannot remember it.

Yes that's Gidlow Wash, Ron.
The engine at the back of Robin Hill was known as No2 and the other one at the end is Lindsay.

Robin Hill was scrapped at Cronton Coll in 1972, No2 was scrapped at Jose K Holt, Chequerbent and Lindsay is still running I think.

There was another NCB (0.6.0 austerity)engine of this type(Named Harry)that also sat in Jose K Holt & Gordon`s scrapyard at Chequerbent all through the 1970s & 1980s heavily coated in red lead to preserve it.
Harry was eventually sold for preservation somewhere in the midlands.
Believe it or not Harry is now just up the road somewhere on Scot lane industrial estate at Blackrod being repaired so I`m told.

the austerity was most likely built in hunslet circa 1940's.british rail classified them as j94.powerfullittle engines.been to bickershaw a few times watching them shift huge loads.tremendous din and smoke blowing 50 or 60 feet towards heaven

Hose k holts yard is still in operation..if you drive in you are met with an old tank engine. The owners tell me it's the very one that helped at the Pretoria mining disaster in 1910. I know nowt about engines so maybe someone on here cane tell us if the story is true

There was a loco in the scrapyard called Robert, I've read somewhere that it worked at the Hulton Colls pulling coal trains from the pits, but the story about it being at Pretoria Pit when the mine exploded is untrue I'm afraid.
The explosion was in 1910 but Robert was only built in 1912!

Lindsay is still at Carnforth, but in 'mothballed' condition.

re loco names Delia, Dorothy, Daisy were Low Hall locos Dorothy was the one lost in shaft info I have obtained is Delia was at Low Hall till scrapped 1959, from new in 1908! 51 years at same place! I also saw them with coal wagons from Colliery to siding near Ince Station many times.