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Saturday 10 August 2013

Harton Electric Locos

There are 4 electric locomotives in existence from the Harton colliery system.   E9 & E10 celebrate their centenary this year at Tanfield.   E4 is at North Tyneside, and E2 is at Beamish.
An early photo of E1, latterly owned by Beamish
but scrapped at Bowes Bridge about 1979
(photo courtesy of Richard & Derek Charlton)
The Electric Edwardians blog has recently completed posts on each of the preserved locos:
E2    E4    E9    E10 

or see all posts about Edwardian Electric Railways which includes NER items.

There are many more photos on the web, and the book "Harton Electric Railway" by William J Hatcher, Oakwood Press 1994.