Steam Locomotive Information

Here is the photo album for Great Eastern Railway No. 229, a 0-4-0ST located in Bream, Gloucestershire. If you would like to suggest additional photos for this album, please click here.

Former Great Eastern No.229 with other withdrawn locos at Fairfields-Mabey Engineering, Chepstow.

The loco number plate

Displayed near the Whessoe Road shed of the Darlington Railway Preservation Society as part of the Stockton & Darlington Railway's 200th Anniversary celebrations. A number of locos were displayed as a 'Giants of Steam' collection. More a midget of steam, this one.

Pictured at the Stockton & Darlington Railway's 200th Anniversary celebrations on 27th September 2026. In this photo the loco is just painted black and has not been equipped with Vacuum brake equipment or air brake equipment, which is required for hauling passenger trains.

Pictured at Mangapps Railway Museum's Bank Holiday Gala on 31st August 2026 The loco is now painted in full Great Eastern Railway blue livery and has been equipped with vacuum brake equipment and air brake equipment. Note the unusual arrangement for the exhaust pipe from the brake ejector which leads to the chimney.

Seen from the signal box during the Mangapps Railway Museum's Bank Holiday Gala on 31st August 2026, crew space is tight on this diminutive loco's footplate.

At the Mangapps Railway Museum's Bank Holiday Gala on 31st August 2026, the loco is hauling a couple of restored LNER teak bodied coaches. Russell has got an unusual angle in this shot taken from the signal box veranda.

At the station during the Mangapps Railway Museum's Bank Holiday Gala on 31st August 2026, the loco stands opposite 0-6-0PT works No.2613 'Brookfield'.


Great Eastern Railway 0-4-0ST No. 229 Bream, Gloucestershire, UK	Location: Flour Mill works Status: Operational