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HelenKathryn0661

Helen Kathryn is an 0-4-0ST narrow gauge tank engine which works on the South Tynedale Railway.

History[]

Built by Henschel & Sohn of Kassel, Germany in 1948, it was used originally to help remove destruction from German cities bombed during the Second World War.

After working in East Germany on several industrial railways, including construction and forestry, it was brought to Great Britain in 1971 and worked first on the Bala Lake Railway in Gwynedd, Wales until 1975 and then it worked on the Llanberis Lake Railway until 1987.

In 1991 it was moved to the South Tynedale Railway where it ran until about 2015, although it remained in private ownership.

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