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Kew Bridge Steam Museum 0-4-0ST No. 'Thomas Wickstead'

Posted by: Dillon Trinh on Jun 21, 2021 @ 11:06:56
Gauge is 24 inches.

St. Kitts Sugar Corp. 0-4-2ST No. 5

Posted by: Richard West on Jun 19, 2021 @ 23:06:27
Seven Kerr Stuart ‘Brazil’ class 0-4-2 saddle tanks were supplied in 1916 and the last of these remained in use until the system was closed. No. 5 (1314/1916) was withdrawn in 1958 and survives derelict on the island.

Union Pacific Co. 4-6-2 No. 3206

Posted by: Ricky Freni jr. on Jun 18, 2021 @ 19:06:43
The locomotive made a background cameo appearance in the 1993 Warner brothers film: free Willy.

Dinorwic Slate Quarries 0-4-0ST No. 37 'Jonathan'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Jun 18, 2021 @ 10:06:24
It has been annouced that the ex Dinorwic Slate Quarries Quarry Hunslet 0-4-0ST Works No. 678 "Jonathan" will remain on loan to the Statfold Barn Railway from Helical Technology and will have a full overhaul back into steam again in 2022 in time for its 125th Birthday.

NCB (Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries) 0-6-2T No. 29

Posted by: Russell Newman on Jun 16, 2021 @ 09:06:34
The ex Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Kitson & Co built 0-6-2T No. 29 has gone on a hired visit to Didcot Railway Centre as extra motive power for the summer season there.

British Railways (Southern Railway) 4-6-2 No. 34067 (21C167) 'Tangmere'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Jun 16, 2021 @ 09:06:56
They have been reports that the overhaul and rebuild on former Southern Railway Bulleid Battle of Britain Class Pacific No. 34067 "Tangmere" is underway at Carnforth which is said to be a big job being carried out. Its unknown when the locomotive will return to the mainline again??

Great Western Railway 4-6-0 No. 5029 'Nunney Castle'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Jun 16, 2021 @ 09:06:06
No. 5029’s overhaul and rebuild is underway and is a big job but will pick up when the overhaul’s on both No. 70000 "Britannia" and No. 60532 "Blue Pter" are completed. No. 5029’s middile cylinder block needs replacing so a new one will be casted along with work on the mainframes of the locomotive. A new firbox crown has been made and the boiler is in the boiler shop at Crewe awaiting work. 5029’s tender has been moved to Tyseley locomotive works having a brand new tender tank made and fitted and having work on its bottom end referbished. It will be a few years until we see 5029 back in steam again.

British Railways 4-6-2 No. 60532 'Blue Peter'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Jun 16, 2021 @ 08:06:59
The overhaul on ex LNER A2 Pacific No. 60532 "Blue Peter" is progressing on at LNWR Heritage at Crewe as the brand new middle cylinder casting has now been fitted in place on the chassie of the locomotive and her newly constructed inner copper firebox is soon to be fitted in place. Work is also underway fitting airbrakes to the locomotive along with the mainline safty electronics the black box data recorder, GSMR radio system and the Train Warning Protection System for todays modern mainline running on Network Rail. It is hoped that No. 60532 will be back in steam on the mainline and heritage railway circuit round 2022.

Bure Valley Railway 2-6-2 No. 6 'Blickling Hall'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Jun 16, 2021 @ 08:06:15
The Bure Valley Railway’s 15inch gauge ZB Class 2-6-2 No. 6 "Blickling Hall" has been used in a trial to test a new bio-coal as a future new fuel for steam locomotives. The trials where carried out over four days by in cooperation with the Advanced Steam Traction Trust and the Heritage Railway Association. The bio-coal from Homefire Ovals which is known as Ecoal50 has been said to be the nearest at ‘recreating’ the unique experience visitors like when visiting a steam railway. Homefire Ecoal50 is made up of 50% biomass, most notably crushed olive husks, which comes from the process of making olive oil and gives 40% lower emissions. The trials have been a positive step forward for the future of Heritage Steam and suggest that, certainly for 15inch gauge lines. More trials will of course be needed under controlled conditions for larger narrow-gauge and standard gauge steam locomotives but this is a good start and a possitve for preserved steam operations.

Lappa Valley Steam Railway 0-6-0 No. 2 'Muffin'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Jun 15, 2021 @ 13:06:41
The Lappa Valley Steam Railway’s Berwyn Engineering built 15inch gauge 0-6-0 No. 2 "Muffin" is to make its very first loan visit away in 45 years for a visit to the Evesham Vale Light Railway for their Annual Railway Gala and Heritage Transport Show on the 10th and 11th of July 2021.

Great Western Railway 0-6-0PT No. 6430

Posted by: Russell Newman on Jun 15, 2021 @ 13:06:06
The ex GWR 64xx Class 0-6-0PT No. 6430 has also left the Llangollen Railway and has relocated to the South Devon Railway at Buckfastleigh in Devon.

Samuel Fox & Co 0-6-0T No. 20 'Jennifer'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Jun 15, 2021 @ 13:06:23
The ex Samuel Fox & Co Hudswell Clarke built 0-6-0T No. 20 "Jennifer" has been sold back to a former owner and will soon be leaving the Llangollen Railway as the locomotive will be relocating to its new home at the Aln Valley Railway at Alnwick in Northumberland.

Union Pacific Railroad 4-8-8-4 No. 4014

Posted by: Russell Newman on Jun 14, 2021 @ 14:06:13
The worlds largest operational steam locomotive Union Pacific Railroad Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 will in steam again this year and will be out on Union Pacific Railroads mainlines for a Month Long Tour of several states. From the 5th of August 2021 the locomotive will travel from its base at Cheyenne and head east toward Kansas City before heading south to Texas and then east to New Orleans. Then 4014 will then head north to St. Louis and then west to Denver. After a stop in Denver over Labor Day Weekend and then the locomotive will return home to Cheyenne which this will be one of the longest steam hauled railfan trips in the United States of America in recent times.

Renishaw Sugar 0-4-0T No. 'Renishaw No.2'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Jun 13, 2021 @ 14:06:13
The former South African Sugar estate Avonside Engine Co. Ltd built 0-4-0T Works No. 1986 "Renishaw No. 2" has been sold to a member of the Moseley Railway Trust at Apedale in Staffordshire where the locomotive has now relocated too for restoration. This will be a long term project as the locomotive needs a new boiler and side tanks and a lot of work to be carried out.

Caledonian Railway 0-4-4T No. 419 (15189, 55189)

Posted by: Russell Newman on Jun 12, 2021 @ 13:06:03
The former Caledonian Railway 0-4-4T No. 419 is set to visit the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway for the very first time. Where it will take part in their Railway Rally Event from from the 25th to the 28th of June 2021.

British Sugar Corporation 0-4-0ST No. 'Albert'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Jun 12, 2021 @ 10:06:56
Following its completion of a lengthy overhaul the former British Sugar Corporation Andrew Barclay built 0-4-0ST Works No. 2248 "Albert" is now back in steam again and is currently being tested before entering service again at the Plym Valley Railway very soon.

PKP 2-8-2T No. TKt48-147

Posted by: Brian Garvin on Jun 11, 2021 @ 14:06:26
Please correct location to Stefanowo.This is a station on the line from Wolsztyn to Zbaszyn. It is displayed there.

PKP 2-8-2T No. TKt48-147

Posted by: Stefan Schubert on Jun 10, 2021 @ 16:06:12
This Engine is in 64-360 Stefanowo, Wielkopolskie (Greater Poland) in Restauration by Stacje Stefanowo.

London Midland & Scottish Railway 0-6-0T No. 47445 (7445)

Posted by: Russell Newman on Jun 10, 2021 @ 14:06:05
Ex LMS Jinty 0-6-0T No. 47445 which out lasted the end of BR steam from August 1968 is to steam again for the first time in preservation as the Midland Railway Centre have announced the contract signing for the overhaul for No. 47445. As the main frames of the locomotive are to be overhauled by Ian Riley & Son Ltd engineering workshop in Heywood, Lancashire.

FC Centrales (Dorada Railway) 4-8-0 No. 70 (14)

Posted by: on Jun 10, 2021 @ 06:06:11
what’s the tractive effort for this loco

Northern Light, Power, Coal & Transportation Co. 0-6-0T No. None

Posted by: Brian Garvin on Jun 9, 2021 @ 14:06:02
Please amend location to Ontario Steam Heritage Museum. I saw it there 16 August 2019.

Atlantic Coast Line RR 4-6-2 No. 1504

Posted by: Keiji Muramoto on Jun 7, 2021 @ 17:06:34
On Friday, June 4th, 2021, the Jacksonville, Florida city council announced that the U.S. Sugar Corporation (which currently maintains and operates ex-Flordia East Coast 4-6-2 No. 148) is interested in buying Atlantic Coast Line 4-6-2 No. 1504 for use on its Sugar Express operation in Clewiston, Florida.

OSE (War Department) 2-10-0 No. Lb960 (3672) 'Dame Vera Lynn'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Jun 7, 2021 @ 12:06:16
This is the history of War Department Austerity 2-10-0 No. 3672 "Dame Vera Lynn". It was built in 1944 from the designs of Robin Riddles in Glasgow, Scotland by the North British Locomotive Company during the dark days of the Second World War as one of 150 WD 2-10-0 locomotives for use by the British Army at home and abroad. No. 3672 was within a few months of being completed when it was renumbered as WD No. 73672 and shipped out to Egypt where it worked for two years before being declared surplus at the end of the war.

The locomotive went to Greece as it was sold for further use on the Hellenic State Railways there and carried the Hellenic State Railways number No. ?ß960. She was shedded along with many other WD 2-10-0 locomotives at Thessaloniki depot and worked in Greece until she was was withdrawn from service in 1979. The locomotive was bought for preservation by a consortium from the Mid Hants Railway in 1984 and was repatriated back to the UK along with sister WD 2-10-0 No. 3652 (Then ?ß951 now No. 90775 which is today at the North Norfolk Railway) and United States Army Transportation Corps. S160 Class 2-8-0 No. 3278 (Which is today at the Churnet Valley Railway).

When she returned to the UK No. 3672 was sold on to the Lavender Line where it arrived in 1984. There she underwent restoration to running order. The owners there decided due to its wartime credentials and the fact that Dame Vera Lynn was still about, that the locomotive should be named in her honour. So on August the 6th, 1985 the singer named the engine after herself. In 1986 the locomotive was sold again to Mr Clifford Brown a British-based businessman and managing director of a steel company in Virginia in the United States of America. No. 3672 was then moved to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and entered service there in April 1989 and ran over 100.000 miles before it was withdrawn for its overhaul.

No. 3672 had been in storage at Grosmont shed for the last 20 years awaiting the time, money and facilities required for its overhaul and restoration which is now underway. Now under the ownership of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway the total raised so far thanks to the generosity of the general public stands at £175.000. Another £450,000 is still required to fully fund the overhaul of the locomotive. By May of 2021 the £175.000 of the £600.000 appeal to get No. 3672 "Dame Vera Lynn" in steam again had been received. The funds available so far has allowed work on the tender to start at Riley & Son Engineering Ltd. at Heywood. It is hoped that the overhaul of the locomotive will be completed by 2024 or 2025.

Denver & Rio Grande Western RR 2-8-2 No. 480

Posted by: Jordon Chadwick on Jun 6, 2021 @ 18:06:02
480 has been converted to run oil. Please change to oil.

SNCB (KPEV) 4-6-0 No. 64.045 (2445)

Posted by: Brian Garvin on Jun 6, 2021 @ 14:06:07
Leuven closed some years ago. The loco was last reported to be in the museum store at Brugge-Steenbrugge.

Belgische Staatsspoorwegen 2-2-2 No. 'Le Belge'

Posted by: Frans on Jun 6, 2021 @ 03:06:46
Yet the site says 1885... they should correct it

Belgische Staatsspoorwegen 2-4-0 No. 'L'Elephant' / 'De Oliphant'

Posted by: Frans on Jun 6, 2021 @ 03:06:17
Build year is 1835, not 1935.

SNCB (KPEV) 4-6-0 No. 64.045 (2445)

Posted by: Frans on Jun 6, 2021 @ 02:06:55
Correction: it is the 64.045 and not the 64.035 as you can see on the picture

SZD 0-8-0 No. Op-7587

Posted by: Erik Newland on Jun 5, 2021 @ 11:06:50
This locomotive is a class Od, not Ov; her number should be Od-7587

British Railways 2-10-0 No. 92134

Posted by: Russell Newman on Jun 5, 2021 @ 09:06:16
The unique sole surviving single chimney BR Standard 9F 2-10-0 No. 92134 has been transformed into a fictitious German locomotive No. 528039 for its first film staring roll in the up coming 5th Indiana Jones Movie which is being filmed at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway in the coming weeks as the 9F has been dressed up as a German Troop Train for the film. Also the North Yorkshire Moors Railway has used for filming for the upcoming 7th Mission Impossible film which used a made up prop locomotive that looks like a BR Britannia.