Dorking Greystone "Townsend Hook"

Townsend Hook is a 3 ft 2+1⁄4 in (972 mm) gauge 0-4-0T steam locomotive built by Fletcher, Jennings & Co. for the Dorking Greystone Lime Co. as works no. 172L in 1880. Townsend Hook was withdrawn in 1952 and cosmetically restored and based at Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre from 2010.
==Service==
In the late 1870s, the Dorking Greystone Lime Co. of Betchworth, Surrey, had decided they needed another steam locomotive to work the horse-drawn narrow-gauge lines in their quarry, following from the success of their 1877 standard gauge Fletcher Jennings 0-4-0T No. 3, Fletcher, Jennings & Co. had drew up a new steam locomotive for them, Two new engines, works nos. 172L and 173L (later becoming Townsend Hook and William Finlay respectively) were built in early 1880 at Fletcher, Jennings & Co.'s Lowca Works and were delivered to Betchworth by rail.
Townsend Hook was withdrawn from active service in 1952 with a broken axle bearing and was placed into storage.
==Preservation==
In 1960, Townsend Hook was acquired by the London Area Group of the Narrow Gauge Railway Society and was moved over to Sheffield Park station goods yard on the then-newly preserved Bluebell Railway. Townsend Hook was the first loco to be based in the Bluebell Railway within the preservation era, arriving around a month before the famous LB&SCR A1X 'Terrier' Class No. 55 "Stepney".
On July 2016, Townsend Hook had made a visit to the Talyllyn Railway in Tywyn, Wales, as a static exhibit as part of a gala to bring together all five surviving locos in the UK built by Fletcher, Jennings and Co.
As of today, Townsend Hook currently remains as a static exhibit at the Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre, the chances of it running again might be unlikely, but it's unknown.
==Gallery==
File:Townsend Hook at Tywyn Wharf - 2016-07-02.jpg|Townsend Hook when it visited the Talyllyn Railway in Wales.
File:Townsend Hook Betchworth Hall.JPG
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