Glyder Locomotive

The Glyder Locomotive in the Mahogany Drift mining area of Beamish Museum. It was originally built and supplied for the Durham County Water Board’s reservoir construction project at Burnhope, in Weardale. Supplied in 1931 by Andrew Barclay Sons & Co, Kilmarnock, as works number 1994, it was one of their standard class of well tank 0-4-0 locomotives, designated ‘E’ class. It’s specification stated a weight of 7.5 tons and it was fitted with 7″ x 11″ cylinders.