Black Prince goes quarrying

posted on: 26 June 2008
updated on: 01 June 2009
article by: umbraco_system

David Shepherd's locomotive Black Prince left the GWR on Monday - but only for a short time. It is taking part in the East Somerset Railway's 'Quarry Weekend' at the nearby Merehead Quarry, when the engine will be accompanied by the Churnet Valley Railway's S160 2-8-0 no. 5197 and Hall class no. 4963 Kinlet Hall, amongst others. The event runs over the weekend of 21st and 22nd June and commemorates 150 years since the opening of the East Somerset Railway between Witham and Shepton Mallet. The railway has joined forces with Mendip Rail to put on a spectacular celebration which includes the 9F doing what it was designed to do - hauling heavy mineral trains.  The event runs over the weekend of 21st and 22nd June and the 9F then goes on to Cranmore for two weekends before returning to the GWR.