The loco works number HE 299 (HE being for Hunslet Engine Co.) was given the name Hodbarrow. Many industrial locos were named (and possibly numbered) after the name of the workplace where they worked. This small 0-4-0 tank engine was built by the Hunslet Engine Co at their works in Jack Lane in the Hunslet Area of Leeds and it seems to be the oldest one of theirs that has survived. It worked all its active life at Hodbarrow and was sold back to Hunslet when the mines were closed in 1968. It has been cosmetically restored by the Statfold Barn owner who also now owns the Hunslet name and has produced a number of new narrow gauge locos operating on various nominal 2ft gauge lines.
This into is from Statfold and the Heritage Railway Association. Knowledge and use of it may render the user liable to the title of anorak! I'm just off to hang mine on the peg!