The Paddy Mails

The Paddy Mails were the small engines which pulled trains along the Hardcastle Crags Railway.

There were 15 locomotives, each costing about £550:

• Annie was bought in 1902
• Baldersdale was a Hunslet engine bought from Huddersfield Waterworks in 1904
• Doris was bought in 1896
• Esau was bought in 1904
• George was bought in 1902
• Halifax
• Lipscombe was bought in 1900
• Little Egrit was bought from Cransley Iron Company in 1900
• Marple
• Parker was bought in 1900
• Robinson
• Tenacity was bought in 1902, and had an upholstered seat for Tempest
• Wade was bought in 1900
• Walshaw Dean was bought in 1900
• Walton

The carriages were 15 refurbished horse-tramcars from Liverpool

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