Y7 0-4-0T 68088 steams again

Rlangham · Post by **Rlangham** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 11:12 pm

One of two Y7's preserved, 68088, formerly at the Great Central Railway Nottingham, recently steamed at the North Norfolk Railway, it'll be finished in LNER Black as 8088 with 'NE' on the tanks and will spend at least three years at Beamish at the restored Rowley railway station

http://beamishtransport.blogspot.com/20 ... steam.html

Notice the British Rail 'arrows' logo and number on the right hand side!

Post by **richard** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 5:57 pm

Good news! And the Middleton's Y7 was being actively worked on, so soon both should be in steam.

Richard

mick b · Post by **mick b** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 8:24 pm

New pictures

http://beamishtransport.blogspot.com/

Rlangham · Post by **Rlangham** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 8:12 pm

Wow, what a little beauty - thanks for the heads up Mick. Really looking forward to seeing her at Rowley station

Rlangham · Post by **Rlangham** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:29 am

According to the Beamish blog the Y7 will be in operation every weekend at Rowley

Norfolkman · Post by **Norfolkman** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:17 pm

The Y7 is complete (as LNER 985) and ready to go on its travels. By the end of next week it should be back in NER territory at Beamish

Steve

52D · Post by **52D** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:07 pm

Shes looking good.

Rlangham · Post by **Rlangham** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:40 pm

Definitely, what a great job the guys at the NNR have done on it

mr B · Post by **mr B** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:55 pm

what a pitty the NNR did'nt treat the J21 in the same way. still small outfit's cant cope big.
mr b

60041 · Post by **60041** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:51 pm

Its looking good, well done to everybody concerned. I am looking forward to seeing it.
One thing; its a shame it wasn't 68089 - it would have looked even better standing in the bay at Chathill with a couple of delapidated ex GER 6 wheelers behind it.......

CVR1865 · Post by **CVR1865** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 10:29 am

She's a wee cracker, great stuff. Now how does one get to Beamish...

Rlangham · Post by **Rlangham** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:06 am

East Coast trains Kings Cross to Durham and get the bus - see you there!

CVR1865 · Post by **CVR1865** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:41 am

Thanks for that.

Rlangham · Post by **Rlangham** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:11 pm

Y7 Arrives!

http://beamishtransport.blogspot.com/20 ... rives.html

Norfolkman · Post by **Norfolkman** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 3:28 pm

mr B wrote:what a pitty the NNR did'nt treat the J21 in the same way. still small outfit's cant cope big.
mr b

The NNR not doing the J21 was nothing to do with the NNR's ability to do the job. Basically, no one was prepared to fund the work, neither the owners nor funding groups came forward with a penny. In a stark ecconomic world, No money = No progress. If the funding had been there the J21 would have been following the Y7 through the workshops at Weybourne. Even now the LHCS, despite strenious attempts, are struggling to get any funds to get the job started, even the HLF are reluctant to contribute to it. If someone has a spare £500k+ that they don't need this engine could do with it, if not it will remain a pile of parts. It should never have been sent to the Flour Mill by Beamish to be dismantled, but that was all done on the impetus provided by Steam Railway back in 2002. A change of editor and different pet project (70013) meant that SR's promotion of the project died.

Steve aka Norfolkman

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