Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Refimprove Template:Infobox Heritage Railway The Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust operates a Template:Convert long heritage railway line at Hunsbury Hill, south-west of Northampton. The line is mainly dedicated to freight working, featuring many sharp curves and steep gradients which were typical of the industrial railway, but rides are available in a variety of vehicles including a converted brake van.

Restoration

In the last few years the site has undergone restoration with Template:Convert of line being regraded and relaid in Template:Convert rail and concrete sleepers, along with the restoration of 2 locomotives and brake van to enable passenger carrying as well as other restoration projects being undertaken. Operationally the railway has received full operating clearance from the HMRI to allow running on the relaid section of the 1st quarter of the mile of the route.

Locomotives

Steam

Railway	Number or name	Type or Class	Builder	Works Number	Built	Wheels	Gauge	Notes	Image
	Belvedere		Sentinel	9365	1946	4wVBT	Template:RailGauge	On Static Display	File:Sentinel 9365 (carrying the MUSKETEER nameplates from 9369) at the Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway 2023-10-01.jpg
	Musketeer		Sentinel	9369	1946	4wVBT	Template:RailGauge	On Static Display
7	?		Peckett and Sons	2130	1951	Template:Whyte	Template:RailGauge	Operational, returned to steam in 2016 at the Battlefield Line Railway and moved to NIRT in 2020.	File:Peckett 2130 at the Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway 2023-10-01.jpg

Diesel

• Planet Template:Whyte. No. 3967 - Operational.
• No. 2087 Hunslet Engine Company Template:Whyte Built 1940. Undergoing restoration.
• Hudswell Clarke Template:Whyte No. D697 Built 1950. Undergoing restoration.
• Ruston & Hornsby 88DS Template:Whyte No. 242868. Built in 1946 - Operational.
• Fowler 0-4-0DH No. 4220001 "Charles Wake" built in 1959 – Operational.
• Fowler 0-4-0DH No. 4200016 "Flying Falcon". Built in 1962 - Operational

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  Fowler 4220001

• Fowler 0-4-0DM No. 4220022. Built in 1947 - Undergoing restoration.
• BR Class 02 - Diesel Hydraulic No. D2867. Built 1960-61, arrived June 2023, overhauled and repainted during the summer 2023, operational.

Former Locomotives

• "Waleswood" Hudswell Clarke Template:Whyte No. 750. Built in 1906. The locomotive was completely overhauled at the railway until 2019, when it left the railway on 1 September for the Chasewater Railway.
• Ruston & Hornsby 88DS Template:Whyte No. 394014. Built in 1956 - Departed January 2023.

Rolling stock

• B950061 20-ton LMS (BR-built) brake van – operational. Built in 1950 to an LMS design.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• B490310 12-ton LNER (BR-built) open wagon. Built in 1952.
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• 321734 Ex Ruston "88" underframe - named 'Mabel'
• No. 330 Nordberg trackmachine
• Joseph Booth steam crane
• S56134 SR pillbox brake van
• BR86803 BR GUV Mk1 converted to crane runner wagon

References

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External links

• Facebook page
• Northamptonshire Ironstone railway trust

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