Prev You are viewing Note 2372 through 2401 of 31157 Next London Midland & Scottish Railway 4-6-0 No. 44871 (4871) Posted by: Russell Newman on Dec 31, 2024 @ 06:12:10 Having finnished its busy mainline running season for the year, the ex LMS Black Five 4-6-0 No. 44871, has returned to the East Lancashire Railway for movement to Riley & Son Engineering Ltd. at Bury for its winter maintenance to be ready for another season on the mainline and heritage railway circuit in 2025. No. 44871 has had a really busy season on the mainline hauling trains for railtour operator the Railway Touring Company during 2024, as with the current situation of the lack of central door locking not being fitted to West Coast Railway Company’s fleet of Mk1 Carriages for steam charter use and the use of their air braked Mk2 carriages being used instead along with the lack of other suitable steam locomotives with air braking available to haul those trains during the year, this ex LMS Black Five 4-6-0 did an enormous amount of work on the mainline during 2024. A credit to Riley & Son Engineering Ltd. operating No. 44871 in 2024. Great Western Railway 2-6-2T No. 5541 Posted by: Russell Newman on Dec 31, 2024 @ 05:12:35 Having worked its final trains at the Dean Forest Railway, the ex GWR ‘Small Prairie’ 2-6-2T No. 5541, has now been withdrawn from service having come to the end of its 10 year boiler ticket. No. 5541 will now await its next overhaul as the Dean Forest Railway are currently working on the overhaul of ex ex GWR 5700 Class 0-6-0PT No. 9682, to get it finnished before they can start the overhaul on No. 5541. 567 Loco Group 4-4-0 No. 567 Posted by: Russell Newman on Dec 31, 2024 @ 05:12:58 The 567 Loco Group have been donated a sutiable surviving Great Central locomotive tender for use with their new-build Great Central Railway (LNER) D7 4-4-0 No. 567. The tender currently at Ruddington will be moved to the Great Central Railway’s workshops in Loughborough shed for restoration ready for use with No. 567. London Midland & Scottish Railway 4-6-0 No. 45212 (5212) Posted by: Russell Newman on Dec 31, 2024 @ 05:12:13 Having finnished its festive duties at the Wensleydale Railway and mainline running for the year, ex LMS Black Five 4-6-0 No. 45212, has now returned home to the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway for the winter to be ready for another season on the mainline and heritage railway circuit in 2025. United States Army 0-6-0 No. 4002 Posted by: Joel J on Dec 30, 2024 @ 22:12:30 Is there even a way to get in contact with the museum or anyone related to it? Because doing a simple search shows the museum has permanently closed and looking on google street view, it definitely shows it. London Midland & Scottish Railway 4-6-0 No. 45596 (5596) 'Bahamas' Posted by: Russell Newman on Dec 30, 2024 @ 09:12:50 The ex LMS Jubilee Class 4-6-0 No. 45596 "Bahamas", will be making another visit to the Severn Valley Railway for their Spring Steam Gala from the 18th to 21st of April 2025. London Midland & Scottish Railway 4-6-0 No. 44932 (4932) Posted by: Russell Newman on Dec 30, 2024 @ 09:12:37 With its festive duties at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway now finnished for the year, ex LMS Black Five 4-6-0 No. 44932, will be returing home to West Coast Railway Company’s depot at Carnforth in Lancashire for the winter and to await other work to come in 2025. If it will ever return to mainline railtour duties in 2025 given the current situation with central door locking not being fitted to West Coast Railway Company’s fleet of Mk1 Carriages is qustionable? But No. 44932 will be maintained and kept to mainline standards still for other work for the time being at leasted. FS 2-6-0T No. R302.23 Posted by: Giuseppe Santangelo on Dec 30, 2024 @ 06:12:09 Chosen in the 1950s as a locomotive destined for the national railway museum, it was restored and preserved in Rome and then in Merano. In the 1980s it returned to Castelvetrano and was unfortunately demolished in October 2001 together with R302 028 and 033. FS 2-8-0 No. 740.300 Posted by: Giuseppe on Dec 30, 2024 @ 06:12:36 On 18 April 2018 this locomotive was sent from Castelvetrano to the locomotive depot in Palermo, under shelter. This locomotive appears in the film "The Godfather Part II" London Midland & Scottish Railway 4-6-0 No. 44806 (4806) Posted by: Russell Newman on Dec 29, 2024 @ 11:12:02 This is the history and insite of ex LMS Black Five No. 44806, No. 44806 or No. 4806 its LMS number was built in 1944 at Derby Works, and had spent most of its working life in the Midlands and Northwest of the UK, having been first shedded at Toton Depot from 1944. Its last shed on BR (British Railways) was at Lostock Hall from April 1968. No. 44806 is another end of steam survivor from 1968, as it had finnished its working days with BR having been used as station pilot at Preston as its final dutiess in August that year. No. 44806 was bought by the late Kenneth Aldcroft and was preserved at Carnforth Motive Power Depot, then operating as Steamtown Carnforth, and for a time it became a Green Five!! An odd livery for a Black Five then. In 1973 No. 44806 was moved to the then newly opened Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway, but was not idea for the line being too big for their operations and with basic facilities then. During its short time at the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway it received the name "Magpie" after the ITV Childrens Show of the same name which No. 44806 was featured in it then. In 1974 No. 44806 was moved to the now long closed Steamport Southport Centre where it spent some time in storage there, but in the 1990s it moved to the Llangollen Railway where it ran from 1995 to 2003 and again from 2007 to 2013. In 2014 No. 44806 was sold and was moved to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway where it ran until it was withdrawn for another overhaul in 2018. In 2020 it was sold again to Peter Best a long-time benefactor to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and returned it to steam again in 2023 and since then No. 44806 is a popular member to the running fleet at the railway. FS 0-6-0T No. 851.113 Posted by: Dale W Fickés on Dec 29, 2024 @ 07:12:35 The town is within the Taranto province of Italy. RSR 2-8-2 No. 326 Posted by: rob schepp on Dec 28, 2024 @ 07:12:28 In 2008 we were travelling around in the Isaan and we stayed for one night in the kajorn farm resort, although it was permanentely closed. We were the only guests. The next morning we made a walk and to our surprise we saw and old fighter jet as well an old train and the locomotive 326. I made a picture of the locomotive. If you are interested send me an email and I will send the foto to you. Regards rob schepp utrecht Netherlands Iraqi Railway(WD) 2-8-0 No. 1429(547) Posted by: Russell Newman on Dec 27, 2024 @ 13:12:01 The former War Department and Iraqi Railway 8F 2-8-0 No. 1429 (WD No. 547), is one of the amazing steam survivors. Built in 1941 by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow, Scotland, it was sent out to Iraq during the Second World War and was one of 12 LMS 8F 2-8-0 locomotives acquired by the Iraqi State Railways after the war between 1945 and 1948. There was an attempt to repatriate this locomotive back to the UK back in 1990 but sadly it was thwarted by the outbreak of the first Gulf War. No. 1429 was last heard of in 2014, when plans were being made for a cosmetic restoration, but nothing has been heard of it since then?? London Midland & Scottish Railway 2-8-0 No. 48518 Posted by: Russell Newman on Dec 27, 2024 @ 13:12:19 There is not much left of the only remaining LNER Doncaster built LMS 8F 2-8-0 No. 48158, as its mainframes were cut up for scrap in 2013 sadly, but most of its parts will live on as its firebox is being used in the new-build replica GWR Hawksworth County Class 4-6-0 No. 1014 "County of Glamorgan", while its boiler barrel has been sold to be used as a spare for sister 8F No. 48173, at the Churnet Valley Railway, while its driving wheels have been sold for use as a spare set for sister 8F No. 48624 at the Great Central Railway. British Railways (Southern Railway) 4-6-2 No. 35005 (21C5) 'Canadian Pacific' Posted by: Russell Newman on Dec 27, 2024 @ 06:12:41 Now in the final stages of its overhaul and rebuild, the ex Southern Railway rebuilt Bulleid Merchant Navy Class Pacific No. 35005 "Canadian Pacific", is set to be launched back into traffic and to be the Mid Hants Railway’s (the Watercress Line) new flagship locomotive during a special weekend event from the 20th to 23rd of March 2025, and the event is part of the Railway 200 celebrations around the UK in 2025. London Midland & Scottish Railway 4-6-0 No. 45596 (5596) 'Bahamas' Posted by: Russell Newman on Dec 27, 2024 @ 06:12:43 The ex LMS Jubilee Class 4-6-0 No. 45596 "Bahamas", will be visiting the West Somerset Railway for the very first time for their upcoming Spring Steam Spectacular event from the 2nd to 5th of May 2025, as part of the Railway 200 celebrations in 2025. This will also be the very first time an LMS Jubilee Class 4-6-0 has worked along the former Minehead branch past Bishops Lydeard then too. PR (NWR) 4-6-2 No. 2657 Posted by: Eddie Wearing on Dec 26, 2024 @ 20:12:01 This is an XA/1 Pacific supplied to the NWR of British India in 1929. It is VF 4364/1929 and was stored at Lahore electric depot in the early 2000s. No news since then. Cumberland Valley RR 2-2-2T No. 13 'Pioneer' Posted by: joshua edwards on Dec 26, 2024 @ 19:12:18 boiler pressure 100 psi Service weight 25,000lb Tractive effort 1,592lb Louisville & Nashville RR 4-6-2 No. 152 Posted by: Linda Rich on Dec 26, 2024 @ 16:12:23 I have a picture of my 2nd Great Grandfather standing beside this steam engine. He was born in 1835 and died in 1935. He was either 94 or 99 years old at the time the picture was taken. He lived in Bryson City, NC. SAR 2-8-2 No. 120 'Beddgelert' Posted by: Maddie on Dec 26, 2024 @ 08:12:09 120 was sold again in 2024 and moved to another private site Stewarts & Lloyds 0-6-0ST No. 47 'Carnarvon' Posted by: Russell Newman on Dec 26, 2024 @ 06:12:09 The Worcester Locomotive Society has announced that an agreement has been reached that will see the boiler of ex Stewarts & Lloyds Kitson & Co. built 0-6-0ST (Works No. 5474) No. 47 "Carnarvon", to be overhauled at Williton works on the West Somerset Railway. While Leaky Finders is currently restoring and assembling the chassis for the locomotive, and it is hoped that the locomotive will be in steam in the not-too-distant future. London Midland & Scottish Railway 4-6-0 No. 45596 (5596) 'Bahamas' Posted by: Russell Newman on Dec 26, 2024 @ 05:12:41 The ex LMS Jubilee Class 4-6-0 No. 45596 "Bahamas", celebrates her 90th birthday today as it was on Boxing Day, 1934, she rolled out of the North British Locomotive Company Queens Park works in Glasgow, Scotland for the London Midland & Scottish Railway. To recognise this event, and to correct an error made when the first ‘replica’ worksplates were made in 1968, the locomotive now carries new replica plates, with the correct date of build. British Railways (Southern Railway) 4-6-2 No. 35009 (21C9) 'Shaw Savill' Posted by: Russell Newman on Dec 26, 2024 @ 05:12:53 The ex Southern Railway rebuilt Builleid Merchant Navy Class Pacific No. 35009 "Shaw Savill", has been relocated to Riley & Son Engineering Ltd’s new larger engineering site at Bury in Lancashire, where its resotation is continuing on there now. London Midland & Scottish Railway 4-6-0 No. 44871 (4871) Posted by: Russell Newman on Dec 26, 2024 @ 05:12:59 The ex LMS Black Five 4-6-0 No. 44871, has been relocated to Riley & Son Engineering Ltd’s new larger engineering site at Bury in Lancashire, where it will now be kept and maintained in between mainline dutys and heritage railway visits there now. London Midland & Scottish Railway 4-6-0 No. 45407 (5407) Posted by: Russell Newman on Dec 26, 2024 @ 05:12:37 The ex LMS Black Five 4-6-0 No. 45407 “The Lancashire Fusilier”, has been relocated to Riley & Son Engineering Ltd’s new larger engineering site at Bury in Lancashire, where it will now be kept and maintained in between mainline dutys and heritage railway visits there now. London Midland & Scottish Railway 4-6-0 No. 45163 (5163) Posted by: Russell Newman on Dec 26, 2024 @ 05:12:20 The ex LMS Black Five 4-6-0 No. 45163, has been relocated to Riley & Son Engineering Ltd’s new larger engineering site at Bury in Lancashire, where its restoration to mainline standards is continuing on there. Kettering Furnaces 0-4-0ST No. 'Kettering Furnaces No 3' Posted by: Russell Newman on Dec 26, 2024 @ 05:12:11 The ex Kettering Furnaces Black Hawthorn built 3ft gauge 0-4-0ST Works No. 859 "Kettering Furnaces No. 3", has been relocated to Riley & Son Engineering Ltd’s new larger engineering site at Bury in Lancashire, where its restoration is continuing on there. British Railways (Southern Railway) 4-6-2 No. 34007 (21C107) 'Wadebridge' Posted by: Russell Newman on Dec 26, 2024 @ 05:12:22 The ex Southern Railway Bulleid West Country Light Pacific No. 34007 "Wadebridge", has been relocated to Riley & Son Engineering Ltd’s new larger engineering site at Bury in Lancashire, where its overhaul to mainline standards is continuing on there. London & North Eastern Railway 4-6-0 No. 8572 (61572) Posted by: Russell Newman on Dec 26, 2024 @ 05:12:56 The ex LNER B12 4-6-0 No. 8572, has been relocated to Riley & Son Engineering Ltd’s new larger engineering site at Bury in Lancashire, where its overhaul is continuing on there. Creekmore Park Railway 4-6-2 No. 999 Posted by: Nate V on Dec 25, 2024 @ 21:12:37 I believe this locomotive is at Fort Smith Arkansas (AR), not Arizona (AZ).

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