Ring Haw overhaul underway at NNR

HUNSLET 16in cylinder 0-6-0ST Ring Haw was dismantled for its latest 10-yearly overhaul at the North Norfolk Railway in December.

The former Nassington ironstone quarry locomotive, Works No. 1982 of 1940, has been a popular resident on the Poppy Line since 1970, when it was gifted following the closure of the quarry near Peterborough.

Its last overhaul was completed in 2014 and in 2020 was purchased by the line’s supporting body, the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway Society, as part of a support package to help the railway through the Covid-19 lockdown.

The society stated that it “was keen not only to place the business with the NNR but also to bring the work forward to ensure that there was plenty of work to keep the workshops busy through the difficult times. The cost of the overhaul will be met from society funds and no fundraising campaign will therefore be run.”

STEVE ALLEN/NNR Hunslet 0-6-0ST Ring Haw being stripped down for its 10-yearly overhaul in Weybourne works on December 20, with its saddle tank removed and its cab roof on the left in front of GER Y14 No. 564.