A FORMER Sunderland shipyard crane tank which has not steamed for more than half a century is being brought back to life in West Yorkshire.
Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn 0-4-0CT Southwick was built in 1942 as works number 7069 for Doxford & Son’s Pallion shipyard. It was one of several locomotives of similar design dating back to 1918, the earlier ones being built by Hawthorn Leslie & Co. These unusual locos gained much fame among enthusiasts as the last working examples of the type in commercial use during the late 1960s.
The design of these locomotives is interesting in that the elevation of the jib is done using the pressure within the boiler and
