Austerity No.49 returns to steam at the Tanfield Railway
Austerity No.49 returns to steam at the Tanfield Railway
49 was built in 1943 by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn in Newcastle for the MOD. It's unclear as to where 49 went immediately after leaving the works. In the winter of 1943 she was put into store at the Melbourne Military Railway in Derbyshire. From here it was moved into WD storage in Essex before returning to the MMR in the Autumn of 1944.
49 entered preservation in March 1976 and after a period of storage at Backworth she finally moved to her current home at the Tanfield Railway in June 1980. Whilst Tanfield is her home, she has visited a number of other railways, including Weardale and the National Railway Museum.
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