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DR (DRB) 2-10-0 No. 44.2661 (44.661)

Posted by: Steve Frost on Sep 1, 2019 @ 13:09:30
Dale W Fickés writes:

This locomotive was delivered to the DRB in 1941 as No.44.661, remaining as this until computerisation in 1970, becoming No.44 0661-7 until 1982, and then DR No.44 2661 which has been retained by ÖGEG at Ampflwang.

ÖBB (BBÖ) 0-8-0T No. 392.2510 (478.10)

Posted by: Steve Frost on Sep 1, 2019 @ 13:09:34
Dale W Fickés writes:

BBÖ owned this locomotive as No.498.10 from delivery in 1927, to 1938 whereupon it became, successively, DRB No.92 2510 (1938 - 1945) and ÖStB (1945 - 1953). It became No.392.2510 in the ÖBB fleet from 1953 - 1970.

CFR 0-10-0 No. 657.2770 (50.770)

Posted by: Steve Frost on Sep 1, 2019 @ 13:09:03
Runs with boiler from 50.608 (See entry for this loco also at Ampflwang)

Oakley Slate Quarries 0-4-0ST No. 20 'Kidbrooke'

Posted by: Jack Spencer on Sep 1, 2019 @ 10:09:08
Bagnall saddle tank Kidbrooke is another rarely travelled loco that will be visiting the Statfold Barn Railway for their Road, Rail and Ale event on 6th-8th September, along with Baguley 0-4-0T Rishra.

Calcutta Corporation 0-4-0T No. 3 'Rishra'

Posted by: Jack Spencer on Sep 1, 2019 @ 10:09:25
The only surviving Baguley-built loco, Rishra, is making a rare visit to the Statfold Barn Railway for their Road, Rail and Ale event on 6th-8th September, along with Bagnall saddle tank Kidbrooke.

Beyer Peacock & Co. 0-4-0ST No. None

Posted by: Russell Newman on Aug 31, 2019 @ 14:08:50
Beyer Peacock & Co. built works shunter 0-4-0ST No. 1827 has been repainted in a dark green livery.

CFF 0-6-0T No. N2.302

Posted by: Matvei Polikarpov on Aug 31, 2019 @ 02:08:19
Restored in 2014. Now operational

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

Posted by: oscar on Aug 30, 2019 @ 15:08:30
ACL 1504 is under restoration status, our group Return to Glory is currently in the process of getting locomotive and starting Phase 2 of restoration to get her back under steam, 2014 we had the boiler and loco inspected for restoration and she is in great shape we have a facebook page if interested to donate to help get her going again

ÖBB (NÖLB) 0-6-2T No. 298.55 (U 5)

Posted by: Steve Frost on Aug 30, 2019 @ 09:08:20
Dale W Fickés writes:

This locomotive was delivered to NÖLB as their No.1 (1899 - 1906) and renumbered to U.5 (1905 - 1922). It became DRB No. 99 7821 (1938 - 1945) suceeded by ÖStB (1945 - 1953), and finally before initially being preserved at Mittersill on the Pinzgaubahn, as ÖBB No.298.55.

Current location: Displayed outside Vötter's Sportkristall Hotel, Schloßstraße 32, 5710 Kaprun

Port Talbot Railway 0-6-0ST No. 813

Posted by: Jack Spencer on Aug 30, 2019 @ 09:08:27
Former Port Talbot No. 813 will be making her fourth visit to Didcot Railway Centre during October. She will be taking part in a Timeline Events charter on 13th October.

DRB (ÖBB, GKB, B & B) 2-10-0 No. 50.1171

Posted by: Steve Frost on Aug 30, 2019 @ 09:08:21
Dale W Fickés writes:

Delivered to DRB (1942 - 1945), it operated successively for ÖStB (1945 - 1953); ÖBB (1953 - 1972) and GKB (1972 - 1994). It is now owned by Brenner & Brenner for operation with the Blue Train fleet. I suspect it is NOT now based in Graz! Probably Martinsberg.

ÖBB (DRB) 4-6-4T No. 78.618 (78 658)

Posted by: Steve Frost on Aug 30, 2019 @ 09:08:07
Dale W Fickés writes:

This locomotive entered service with the then DRB as No.78 658 in 1938, becoming successively their No.78 618 (1938 - 1945) ÖStB (1945 - 1953) and ÖBB (1953 - 1972) and for whom it became a service locomotive No. Vz.01085 until 1976. Currently owned and operated by ÖGEG Ampflwang.

ÖBB (BBÖ) 0-8-0T No. 392.2530 (498.30)

Posted by: Steve Frost on Aug 30, 2019 @ 09:08:26
Dale W Fickés writes:

This locomotive was delivered to the BBÖ from Weiner Neustadt as No.498.30 and ran in this identity 1938, whence it became, successively, DRB No.92 2330 (1938 - 1945); ÖStB (1945 - 1953) and ÖBB (1953 - 1955) whereupon it ran for the latter as No.392.2530 before being sold, in 1966, to coal mine operator Wolfsegg-Trauntaler Kohlegesellschaft (WTK), and became their No.4. It was purchased by the ÖGEG from here in 1994 and has recently been restored in a green livery with this latter identity.

Zillertalbahn (Ex JZ) 0-8-2 No. 4 (83.076)

Posted by: Steve Frost on Aug 30, 2019 @ 09:08:14
Dale W Fickés writes:

The history of this locomotive is somewhat more extensive than currently depicted. It was delivered from Krauss, Linz in 1909 to BHLB as No.IVa5 1108, also inherited by SHS (1922 - 1933). It became JDŽ No.83-076 (1933 -1941) and successively by HDŽ (1941 - 1945) and back to JDŽ (1945 - 1953), then just JŽ from 1953. It arrived at the Zillertalbahn in 1994 where it became their No.4, although it is now actually owned by Club 760

ÖBB 0-6-2T No. 298.207(Uv3)

Posted by: Steve Frost on Aug 29, 2019 @ 15:08:41
Dale W Fickés writes with the loco history:

Delivered to the NÖLB as No. 22 in 1905, it was renumbered by them in 1908 as No. Delivered to the NÖLB as Uv.3 until 1922, whereupon it became BBÖ No.Uv7. It passed to the DRB as No. 99 803 (1938 - 1945) and ÖStB (1945 - 1953). From then until retirement it ran as ÖBB 298.207 and is now owned/operated by Eisenbahnclub Mh.6, Ober Grafendorf in the former Zf ÖBB/NÖVOG Zf roundhouse, outside St Pölten.

ÖBB (NÖLB, DRB) 0-8-0+4 No. 399.02 (Mh2, 99 1112)

Posted by: Steve Frost on Aug 29, 2019 @ 14:08:14
Dale W Fickés explains the history and re-numberings of the loco: Delivered to the NÖLB as No. 51 in 1906, it was renumbered Mh.2 (1908 - 1922), then owned by the BBÖ (1922 - 1938). It became DRB No. 99 1112 (1938 - 1945) and subsequently ÖStB (1945 - 1953) whereupon the ÖBB renumbered it 399.02 (as depicted working to Gross Gerungs in 1987), then No. 399.002, before being transferred to NÖVOG in that identity during 2010. It is now based, once again, in Gmünd, Austria

ÖBB (BBÖ) 4-6-2T No. 77.244 (629.59)

Posted by: Dale W Fickés on Aug 29, 2019 @ 14:08:39
4-6-2T No. 77.244 (Krauss Linz 1424/1927 - BBÖ 629.59) ran in the 1987 ÖBB 150 celebration parades at Strasshof, outside Wien, disguised as sister locomotive No. 77.250.

B&B (OeBB) (JZ) 4-8-0 No. 33.132 (113.02) (10.005)

Posted by: Steve Frost on Aug 29, 2019 @ 14:08:32
Dale W Fickés gives the full history of the loco's ownership: This locomotive was delivered to the BBÖ in 1925 as No.113.02 and became DRB No.33 132 from 1938 to 1945. It became JDŽ No.06-105 until 1947 when transferred to Yugoslavia, and No.10 005 under the same operator until 1953, when JDŽ became JŽ. Upon retirement it apparently spent some time on display in Kanfanar, Croatia before its return to Austria (noted Zfl Wien Ost 1994) and subsequent purchase by B&B Blue Train, operating under its former DRB number.

GKB (kkStB) 2-6-2T No. 30.109 (13009)

Posted by: Steve Frost on Aug 29, 2019 @ 13:08:36
Dale W Fickés provides the full history of the loco: This locomotive was numbered kkStB 13009 when delivered in 1900, but became their No. 30.109 (1905 – 1918); DÖStB (1918 - 1919); ÖStB (1919 - 1922); BBÖ (1922 - 1392) and GKB from 1932. It currently belongs to ERIH, outbased from Strasshof.

kkStB (KFNB) 2-4-0ST No. 289.1(17) 'Licaon'

Posted by: Steve Frost on Aug 29, 2019 @ 13:08:21
Dale W Fickés writes the history of the loco: Delivered to the KFNB in 1851, it was numbered 17 (1881 - 1908), becoming kkStB No. 289.10 (1908 - 1918); DÖStB (1918 - 1919); ÖStB (1919 - 1921) and BBÖ (1921 - 1923), finally - during its working life - becoming Werksbahn Stieglbrauerei Salzburg No.1, from 1923 until retirement and subsequent preservation. It is owned by Wien Technical Museum.

J.B. Levert 0-6-2T No. 5

Posted by: Matthew Gardner on Aug 29, 2019 @ 11:08:56
This engine was leased by a private individual for a number of years, and he ran it a few times each year on his estate.

British Railways 4-6-0 No. 73156

Posted by: Russell Newman on Aug 29, 2019 @ 10:08:45
BR Standard 5MT 4-6-0 No. 73156 will be making its first ever visit to the Swanage Railway for their Autumn Steam Gala on October 11th to 13th 2019.

British Railways 2-10-0 No. 92203 'Black Prince'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Aug 29, 2019 @ 09:08:51
After months of hard work the firebox repairs on No. 92203 "Black Prince" have been completed and the locomotive will enter traffic at the North Norfolk Railway during their Autumn Steam Gala this weekend on the 31st of August and 1st of September 2019.

Watoga Stone Co. 0-4-0T No. Unknown

Posted by: ILFORD on Aug 29, 2019 @ 03:08:43
Correction. C/N should refer to 8068 being built in 1946.

Baltimore & Ohio RR 2-6-0 No. 600

Posted by: Matthew Gardner on Aug 28, 2019 @ 19:08:26
This engine, when first built in 1875, was the largest, and most powerful engine in the world. It was used to haul passenger trains over a mountain pass.

U.S. Army Transportation Command 2-8-0 No. 2253 'OMAHA'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Aug 28, 2019 @ 10:08:49
Before her move to the Dartmouth Steam Railway for her 10 year stay ex United States Army Transportation Corps S160 2-8-0 No. 2253 "OMAHA" will take part in the Autumn Steam Gala at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway on September 27th to 29th 2019.

ÖBB (NÖLB) (BBÖ) 0-6-2T No. 298.53 (U3) (U53) (99 7819)

Posted by: Steve Frost on Aug 27, 2019 @ 13:08:28
Dale W Fickés gives the loco history as follows: OeBB (NOLB) No. 298.53 was produced for the NÖLB as No. 7 (1898 - 1908) then as No. U.3 until 1922, when it became BBÖ No. U.53 until 1938. DRB and later ÖStB ran it as No. 99 7819 until 1953, whereupon it became ÖBB No. 298.53, inherited by its current owners the ÖGEG at Grünberg on the Steyrtalbahn. Under restoration at Steyer.

ÖBB (NÖLB) (BBÖ) 0-6-2T No. 298.52 (U2) (U52) (99 7818)

Posted by: Steve Frost on Aug 27, 2019 @ 13:08:45
Dale W Fickés gives the loco history and numbering as follows: OeBB(NOLB) No. 298.52 was produced for the NÖLB as No. 6 (1898 - 2008) then as No. U.2 until 1922, when it became BBÖ No. U.52 until 1938. DRB and later ÖStB ran it as No. 99 7818 until 1953, whereupon it became ÖBB No. 298.52, inherited by its current owners the ÖGEG at Grünberg on the Steyrtalbahn.

ÖBB (kkStB) 0-6-2T No. 298.05 (U 5)

Posted by: Steve Frost on Aug 27, 2019 @ 13:08:45
Dale W Fickés states the history and numbering as follows: Succesively as No. U.5 upon delivery in 1898 to kkStB, DÖStB, ÖStB and BBÖ until 1938; then DRB and ÖStB as No. 99 7811 until 1953; then as ÖBB No. 298.05 to present day. After a 5 year spell at the Stainzer Flascherlzug, in 2018 it returned to the Steyrtalbahn, where it had been in service until 1953, now under the auspices of the ÖGEG at Grünburg.

ÖBB (kkStB) 0-6-2RT No. 97.201 (69.01)

Posted by: Steve Frost on Aug 27, 2019 @ 13:08:33
Dale W Fickés gives the history of the loco as follows: The locomotive was numbered 69.01 successively by kkStB, DÖStB, ÖStB and BBÖ from 1890 to 1938; then as 97.201 by DRB, ÖStB and ÖBB from 1938 to the present date. From 2008 it has been loaned from the Technisches Museum, to the Erzbergbahn in Vordernberg.