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SAR 2-6-2+2-6-2 No. 87

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 23, 2020 @ 09:02:50
The ex South African Railways 2ft gauge 2-6-2+2-6-2 Garratt No. 87 has entered service early then expected at the Welsh Highland Railway following completion of its overhaul and running trials.

Central Electricity Generating Board 0-4-0ST No. 15 'Eustace Forth'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 22, 2020 @ 12:02:12
Former Central Electricity Generating Board Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn built 0-4-0ST No. 15 "Eustace Forth" is currently visiting Peak Rail in Derbyshire for the half term this weekend.

Pioneer & Western Railroad 4-4-0 No. 3

Posted by: Don Ramey on Feb 21, 2020 @ 07:02:17
Please note that Doe River Gorge is Not in Johnson City, TN but rather it is located in Hampton, Tn. in Carter county. This locomotive is being refurbished for operation.

British Aluminium Co. 0-4-0ST No. 3

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 21, 2020 @ 05:02:01
The ex British Aluminium Co. Andrew Barclay built 0-4-0ST No. 3 has arrived at the Fife Heritage Railway at Leven in Fife for its 10 year loan to them. No. 3 will now undergo its cosmetic restoration there and will then be put on display during its 10 year loan to them.

Courtaulds Ltd 0-4-0ST No. 55 'Achilles' (Previously Dafydd, Miranda, and Gibraltar)

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 21, 2020 @ 05:02:45
The ex Courtaulds Ltd Peckett built 0-4-0ST No. 2087 "Achillies" has returned to the East Kent Railway at Shepherdswell in Kent to be their main steam locomotive for the 2020 season there.

British Railways 2-6-0 No. 46464

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 20, 2020 @ 14:02:34
The BR built LMS Ivatt Class 2MT 2-6-0 No. 46464 has now arrived at the Strathspey Railway at Aviemore in Inverness-Shire where the locomotive is now located and under restoration to be part of the Strathspey Railway’s running fleet.

Bessemer & Lake Erie RR 2-10-4 No. 643

Posted by: Matthew Gardner on Feb 20, 2020 @ 13:02:21
Locomotive has now been dismantled and is currently being shipped to Age Of Steam.

Spokane, Portland & Seattle Ry 2-8-2 No. 539

Posted by: Matthew Gardner on Feb 20, 2020 @ 13:02:37
I was also at the Grand Canyon Railway this past week. Apparently, the engine had to be sent back to the Grand Canyon due to the tie downs not being up to BNSF standards, and having to be re-done. It was all better when I got there, and the engine was waiting to be re-picked up by BNSF.

Uintah Railroad 2-8-0 No. 12

Posted by: Matthew Gardner on Feb 20, 2020 @ 13:02:17
I was just there at this museum. One fellow there said that there is a very long term plan to get this engine operational and to run it on the 3/4 mile long narrow gauge track they have at the museum.

DR (DRB) 2-10-0 No. 52.8139(52.3209)

Posted by: Bob Yarger on Feb 19, 2020 @ 21:02:36
Imagine how many Dutch Jews that locomotive hauled to their deaths...

Six Gun Territory 4-4-0 No. 7

Posted by: Charles Peck on Feb 19, 2020 @ 20:02:42
This engine arrived in Williston Florida at the Kirby Family Farm on 2/17/2020.

Great Western Railway 2-6-2T No. 4144

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 19, 2020 @ 14:02:36
Before going on loan to the Kent & East Sussex Railway for part of their season this year GWR Large Prairie 2-6-2T No. 4144 will be visiting the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway for their Spring Steam Gala weekend from the 6th to the 8th of March 2020.

London Midland & Scottish Railway 4-6-0 No. 45025 (5025)

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 19, 2020 @ 14:02:37
LMS Black Five No. 5025 has reached a milestone in its overhaul as the newly overhauled boiler was refitted to the frames of the locomotive today. But with still a lot of work left to do it won’t be long till No. 5025 will be running again at the Strathspey Railway this year soon.

New York, Susquehana & Western 2-8-2 No. 142

Posted by: Erik Newland on Feb 18, 2020 @ 18:02:55
This locomotive has a convincing American appearance! However the boxpok wheels, tender and domes give it away.

Corby Iron Ore Co 0-4-0ST No. 'Vigilant'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 17, 2020 @ 12:02:39
The ex Corby Iron Ore Co. 1883 Hunslet built 0-4-0ST No. 287 "Vigilant" has been bought by David Buck owner of LNER B1 No. 61306 "Mayflower" to be restored and operate at his private railway at Fifield in Bershire. But will be available for hired visits to other preserved railways around the UK when restored.

FCGR (BAGS) 2-8-2 No. 5

Posted by: Luis Oscar Gutierrez on Feb 17, 2020 @ 10:02:54
This locomotive is not from Argentina. It is from Brazil.

Ruislip Lido Railway 2-4-0T No. 6 'Mad Bess'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 16, 2020 @ 09:02:28
The Ruislip Lido Railway’s 1998 built 12inch gauge 2-4-0ST+T No. 6 "Mad Bess" is currently out of service undergoing its 10 year overhaul.

British Railways (Southern Railway) 4-6-2 No. 35018 (21C18) 'British India Line'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 16, 2020 @ 06:02:11
As part of the line up of motive power to haul the Railway Touring Company’s Great Britain 2020 railtour around the UK this year. No. 35018 "British India Line" will be breaking new ground by becoming the very first Southern Railway Merchant Navy Class Pacific to work along the Highland mainline in Scotland for the very first time. No. 35018 will haul the Great Britain from Edinburgh via the Forth Bridge and then along the Highland Main Line from Perth to Inverness on the 18th April 2020. Then on the following day on the 19th of April 35018 will travel from Inverness to Stirling with the Great Britain which will be quite the site seeing a Bulleid Merchant Navy Class Pacific working hard on the highest mainline in the UK then.

Victorian Railways 2-8-0 No. K163

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 15, 2020 @ 09:02:52
Victorian Railways K Class 2-8-0 K163 has moved to Steamrail’s base at Newport for repairs to be carried out there and will also be on display during their open days from the 7th to 9th of March 2020.

London & North Eastern Railway 4-6-2 No. 60009 (4488, 9) 'Union of South Africa'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 15, 2020 @ 09:02:59
Now in her last few months of her mainline and boiler ticket No. 60009 "Union of South Africa" will retire from service on the 23rd of April 2020 which will bring the curtain down on Number 9’s operational career since her owner Scottish farmer John Cameron bought her for preservation in 1966. After this date Number 9 is to be placed in to storage as the original plans to put her on display at a Railway and Farming Visitor centre in Fife may now not happen. But it is possible that the A4 could join John Cameron’s other locomotive LNER K4 No. 61994 "The Great Marquess" on display at the Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway?

London Midland & Scottish Railway 4-6-0 No. 44806 (4806)

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 15, 2020 @ 09:02:52
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway has sold ex LMS Black Five No. 44806 to locomotive owner and long-time benefactor to the line Peter Best to secure the locomotive’s future at the Moors line. Work will immediately instigate on overhauling the locomotive off site to return 44806 to traffic.

Tralee & Dingle Light Railway 2-6-2T No. 5T

Posted by: r i west on Feb 15, 2020 @ 01:02:00
This should be Hunslet 555 (not 565) of 1892

Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RR 4-6-0 No. 78

Posted by: Fred Tefft on Feb 14, 2020 @ 22:02:27
Per collections.exporail.org. Built in 1895 as P&LE 78. Re# 9150. In 1910, sold to Atlantic Equipment Company, 1911 sold to contractor E. F. & G. E. Fauquier, one of the builders of the National Transcontinental Railway. 1920 sold to Maritime Coal & Power in Nova Scotia, re# 5(2). Restoration completed between 2006-2010.

PKP 0-8-0T No. Tkp-5485 'Slask'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 14, 2020 @ 13:02:29
Former PKP (Polish Railways) 0-8-0T Tkp-5485 will enter service at the Nene Valley Railway this weekend following completion of its overhaul and test runs.

Great Western Railway 2-8-0T No. 4270

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 14, 2020 @ 10:02:21
The GWR 4200 Class 2-8-0T No. 4270 is the second visiting locomotive at the North Norfolk Railway for their Spring Steam Gala Weekend on the 27th to 29th of March 2020. Which will be a Great Western heavy freight in East Anglia theme this year there.

Spokane, Portland & Seattle Ry 2-8-2 No. 539

Posted by: Mark Loose on Feb 13, 2020 @ 20:02:44
BNSF has approved the load so SP&S No. 539 will be moving in the next few days from Williams, AZ to Kalama, WA.

Great Western Society 4-6-0 No. 2999 'Lady of Legend' (4942 'Maindy Hall')

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 13, 2020 @ 10:02:36
The new-re-build GWR Saint Class 4-6-0 No. 2999 "Lady of Legend" is to visit the Severn Valley Railway for the very first time for their Spring Steam Gala on the 16th to 19th of April 2020 as their big star locomotive for the event. Which this will be the first visit to a preserved railway for No. 2999 which will give the locomotive a chance to stretch its legs.

Soniat & Deblieu Climax - 2 truck No. Unknown

Posted by: Larry Paul on Feb 12, 2020 @ 18:02:59
Builder: Climax Manufacturing Co., Built For: Lac La Bell & Calument Railroad Co. as narrow gauge Number unknown, at Lac La Belle, MI. Build Date: 1893, Construction No.: Unknown, Wheel Arrangement: Climax - 2 truck, Empty Weight: 50,000, Weight on Drivers: 50,000, Driver Diameter: 29, Tractive Effort: Unknown, Boiler Pressure: Unknown Cylinders: 10 X 12, Fuel: Coal, Gauge: Standard. Corp. name change in 1905 to Keweenaw Central Railroad Co. number unknown Sale: 1908 to Southern Iron & Equipment Co. (dealer) #653? Converted to standard gauge by SI&E. Sale: 01/1909 to Hilgard Lumber Co. number unknown at Laurelia, TX. Sale: 05/1913 to W.H. Gerhart Lumber Co. number unknown at Derry, LA. Sale: Date unknown to Southern Iron & Equipment Co. (dealer) #1028. Sale: 07/1919 to Soniat & Debliux Number unknown at Opelousas, LA. Sale date unknown to Gilmer & Tanner Sand & Gravel Co. number unknown at Romayor TX. Corp sale c, 1930 to Texas Construction Materials Co. Sale of Corp. assets c. 1950 to Jack Biggs. Location: The Retreat at Artesian Lakes 235 Chain O Lakes Resort, Cleveland, TX 77327 Status: Display (in very bad condition) Information from The Steam Locomotive Directory of North America Volume 2-Western United States and Mexico by J. David Conrad.

Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway 4-6-2 No. 9 'Winston Churchill'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 12, 2020 @ 12:02:48
No. 9 "Winston Churchill" will also be visiting the Bure Valley Railway for their 30th anniversary Gala on the 11th and 12th of July 2020. As 30 years ago in 1990 before the Bure Valley Railway had any steam locomotives of their own it was both No. 9 "Winston Churchill" and No. 6 "Samson" from the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway that hauled the official opening train along the Bure Valley line back then. Which the 15inch gauge line runs on the trackbed of the old Standard gauge East Norfolk Railway and still going strong today 30 years on.

Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway 4-8-2 No. 6 'Samson'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 12, 2020 @ 12:02:17
The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway’s 4-8-2 No. 6 "Samson" will be making a return visit to the Bure Valley Railway for the first time in 30 years for their 30th anniversary Gala on the 11th and 12th of July 2020.