British Gypsum signed ownership of the locomotive over to the Bowes Railway Company in September 2008. Andrew Barclay No 22 (Number 6 Area B Group 85). Makers number 2274, built in 1949, for use on the Bowes Railway. One of the first locomotives on the Bowes Railway in preservation alongside planet. Currently awaiting overhaul and boiler certification. Diesel locomotives Planet No 101. The first locomotive to be used regularly on shunting duties and freight trains when the railway entered preservation. Currently in use. Hunslet Engine Company No 6263. Used on freight trains and shunting; the most powerful shunter on the line. Currently out of use needing new brake blocks and a minor overhaul. Ruston & Hornsby Class 88 No 476140 "Redheugh". Restored for use on both passenger and demonstration coal trains. Originally used at Redhaugh gas works. Ruston & Hornsby Class 165 locos "Pinky" (1953) and "Perky" (1954), donated by the Port of Sunderland. They were some of the last operating industrial locomotives in County Durham. Perky is currently operational, Pinky under overhaul. Passenger stock Lambton Hetton & Joicey Collieries Brake van No 1. In use. L.M.S. No 2, built for use in Derby. In use. L.M.S. No 3 Brake van. Awaiting repairs. B24 - The Queen Mother's wagon. Awaiting repairs and fitting of handrails. Wagons The railway also has a fleet of 45 original Bowes Railway wagons dating from 1887 through to 1963, as well as seven similar wagons from other industrial sites in the North East. References Bibliography Bowes Line, in The Tyne Documentaries, DVD published by Amber Films, Newcastle upon Tyne. External links Blog Spot Official Website Guide to the site Bowes Railway path Film of the working railway in operation Heritage railways in Tyne and Wear Scheduled monuments in Tyne and Wear Museums in Tyne and Wear Railway museums in England Mining museums in England