2015 the 150th anniversary of the Hunslet Engine Company

Hunslet diesel locomotve 7051 in LMS colours coming off the Balm road branch and is about to cross the Moor Road on Sunday 19th July 2015 during the Hunslet 150 event.

Hunslet diesel locomotve Courage crossing the road together with 7051.The red flag is being shown to the road traffic on Moor Road during the Hunslet 150 event. Road traffic has to be stopped, befor any train can cross this ungated crossing.

On display inside was a 0-4-0 mine locomotive built by Hunslet which I think is no.6279 built in1963.

Brush 0-4-0 diesel locomotve D2999 in British Railways green on Sunday 19th July 2015 not being used for the Hunslet 150 event.

Hundswell Clack & Co.Ltd 0-4-0 Carroll which was built in 1946 not being used for the Hunslet event.

Peckett 0-4-0 Austins No.1 which was built in 1958 not being used for this event.

Diesel shunter named Harry

The Middleton Railway

The Middleton Railway is a standard gauge railway, which is run by volunteers only. The railway runs its trains between Moor Road station and Middleton Park, in Hunslet in the south of Leeds. The Middleton Railway is the world’s oldest working railway.

On the 18th &19th of July 2015  The Middleton Railway held a Hunslet 150 event. This event was to elebrate the 150th anniversary of the Hunslet Engine Company a famous producer of both steam and diesel locomotives and other engineering products.

As well as trains between the Moor Road station and Middleton Park station, trains also operated over the little-used Balm Road branch.

There were also two narrow gage Hunslet steam locomotives at what was the Hunslet works site on Jack Lane on temporary narrow gauge track laid just for the weekend in the car park at Schneider Electric. A vintage bus being laid on by the railway to ferry people between Moor Road and Jack Lane.