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{{Short description|Farm museum in Dorrington, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}
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| caption            = [[Hunslet Engine Company|Hunslet]] locomotive No. 7120 ''Bullfinch'' with a train on the museum's railway
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The '''North Ings Farm Museum''' is a working [[farm museum]] containing a {{RailGauge|2ft|lk=on}} [[narrow gauge railway]], running on a circuit of {{convert|1/4|mi|km}}. It is located at [[Dorrington, Lincolnshire|Dorrington]], between [[Lincoln, Lincolnshire|Lincoln]] and [[Sleaford]], in Lincolnshire. The museum includes agricultural machinery and tractors, commercial vehicles, portable steam pumps and a fairground organ. The collection was opened to the public in 1990.<ref>{{cite web |title=History – North Ings Farm Museum |url=https://northingsfarmmuseum.co.uk/history/ |website=northingsfarmmuseum.co.uk |access-date=30 October 2022}}</ref>

==Locomotive Fleet==
===Steam Locomotives===
*1859401 ''Swift''<ref name="IRS 17EL">{{irs-el |el=17}}</ref>

===Internal Combustion Locomotives===
*''Clay Cross Lister'' Built from [[R A Lister and Company|Lister]] spare parts by [[Clay Cross Co Ltd]]<ref name="IRS 17EL" />
*[[Hunslet Engine Company|Hunslet]] 6013<ref name="IRS 17EL" />
*Hunslet 7120 ''Bullfinch''<ref name="IRS 17EL" />
*LOD / 758022 [[Motor Rail]] 8826 ''Penelope''<ref name="IRS 17EL" />
*Motor Rail 7493<ref name="IRS 17EL" />
*[[Ruston & Hornsby|R&H]] 183773<ref name="IRS 17EL" />
*R&H 200744 ''Indian Runner''<ref name="IRS 17EL" />
*R&H 371937<ref name="IRS 17EL" />
*R&H 375701<ref name="IRS 17EL" />
*R&H 421433<ref name="IRS 17EL" />
*[[Orenstein & Koppel|O&K]] Works number not known<ref name="IRS 17EL" />

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Entrance to North Ings Farm- Narrow Gauge Railway and Vintage Tractor Museum (geograph 3505543).jpg|Entrance to North Ings Farm Narrow Gauge Railway and Vintage Tractor Museum
File:North Ings Railway, Indian Runner - 2021-08-01.jpg|''Indian Runner'' on display in the loco shed.
</gallery>

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.northingsfarmmuseum.co.uk/ The Museum website]
* {{Commons category-inline|North Ings Farm Museum}}
* T.W.F. Hall: [https://ngrslibrary.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/tng100-summer-1983.pdf ''The North Ings Farm Railway.''] Pages 15–19.

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[[Category:Farm museums in England]]
[[Category:Heritage railways in Lincolnshire]]
[[Category:Railway museums in England]]
[[Category:2 ft gauge railways in England]]
[[Category:Museums in Lincolnshire]]
[[Category:Technology museums in the United Kingdom]]


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