Colliery Lines

Griff Colliery: misc_gc027

View of 0-6-0ST Hunslet No 498 'Goog Luck' complete with original pattern smokebox door at Clara pit on 30th March 1956. It was the first new locomotive to arrive at Griff and was an inside cylinder 0-6-0 saddle tank with 13in by 18in cylinders and 3ft 1in diameter wheels. Its original livery was Victoria green, picked out with a 5/8in gold band edged with vermilion on the inside only, the distance line being Naples yellow; the frames were brown and the loco had a in dark green 'style' with a gold stripe on the panels only. A 'style' is an upright member in framing or panelling and is thought here to refer to a 3in band round the edges of the cab side sheets, and possibly the saddle tank sides also. The locomotive was delivered ex-works on 14th November 1890 and to some extent the name was synonymous with the locomotive's own fortunes for it was destined to have a lengthy stay at Griff, remaining one of the 'regulars' for over seventy years!

MJ Lee

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