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Robert Stephenson Hawthorn Works No 7151, CEGB No 9, is seen
on shed at CEGB Hams Hall Power Station in April 1978. This locomotive was
built by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn in 1944 to work at Hams Hall Power
Station at Sutton Coalfield which was built by the City of Birmingham. Hams
Hall was a large generating station which was situated in a spacious site
between the Water Orton to Tamworth and Water Orton to Whitacre Junction lines.
Hams Hall A was built in 1928. Two more stations (Hams Hall B and C) were later
built on the site, reputedly the largest in Europe at the time of their
construction. It was quoted as burning approximately 774,000 tonnes of coal a
year much of it pulverised coal and all of it coming by rail. The
Citys electricity generating and supply functions were nationalised in
the late 1940s and in 1957 the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) took
over the ownership of the plant. At the power station a fleet of powerful
Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn 0-6-0ST locomotives were employed up to the
mid 1970s. They were used to haul 1000 ton coal trains. 7151 was purchased by
an Avvon Valley Railway Trust member from the CEGB.
Caption courtesy of
Preserved Steam Locomotives.
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