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East Broad Top RR 2-8-2 No. 16

Posted by: Jb on Feb 19, 2023 @ 03:02:40
Successfully ran first public trips post restoration on 2/18/23.

Public Works Dept. of Western Australia 0-4-0T No. 'Kimberley' ('Gascoyne')

Posted by: Norman R. R. Birkner on Feb 18, 2023 @ 21:02:32
Worked for the Public Works Dept. of Western Australia (PWD) at both Carnarvon Jetty, Broome tramway and Wyndham meatworks.

British Railways 2-6-2T No. 84030 (78059)

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 18, 2023 @ 15:02:01
The newly constructed side tanks for new-build BR Standard 2MT 2-6-2T No. 84030 being re-constructed from 2MT 2-6-0 No. 78059 have been built and are ready for fitment to the locomotive. The next stage of re-construction of the locomotive will be a newly built cab and the boiler of No. 78059 will soon be brought back to Sheffield Park shed for it to have TLC and work carried out on it to steam again for the brand new locomotive.

Great Western Railway 2-6-2T No. 4555 'Warrior'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 18, 2023 @ 15:02:00
The ex GWR Small Prairie 2-6-2T No. 4555 will be leaving the East Somerset Railway as it is due to return home to the Dartmouth Steam Railway at Paignton in Devon.

Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway 2-8-0 No. 6284

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 18, 2023 @ 14:02:59
The 15inch gauge scaled down Great Central Railway 04 2-8-0 No. 6284 has now left the Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway as it is now located at Haigh Hall near Greater Manchester in Lancashire where No. 6284 has been bought by Haigh Hall as their new main steam locomotive for the Haigh Hall Miniature Railway there.

British Railways 0-6-0PT No. 9681

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 18, 2023 @ 14:02:09
The newly overhauled ex GWR 5700 Class 0-6-0PT No. 9681 has began testing and running trials and is set to enter service at the Dean Forest Railway for the 2023 season from Easter.

British Railways 4-6-0 No. 7822 'Foxcote Manor'

Posted by: Jack Spencer on Feb 18, 2023 @ 02:02:58
Yet again 7822 Foxcote Manor has returned to the Battlefield Line for a loan period during the early part of the season following maintenance at Tyseley. The loan will run from February to Easter.

VR 4-6-2 No. 1019

Posted by: Ivo Rutishauser on Feb 17, 2023 @ 07:02:30
According to finnish Wikipedia, this loco was built by Tampella, not Lokomo (Construction no. is correct)

VR 4-6-2 No. 1014

Posted by: Ivo Rutishauser on Feb 17, 2023 @ 07:02:45
According to finnish Wikipedia, this loco was built by Tampella, not Lokomo (Construction no. is correct)

VR 4-6-2 No. 1013

Posted by: Ivo Rutishauser on Feb 17, 2023 @ 07:02:05
According to finnish Wikipedia, this loco was built by Tampella, not Lokomo (Construction no. is correct)

S.M. 0-4-0T No. 101 'Artola'

Posted by: Norman R. R. Birkner on Feb 17, 2023 @ 06:02:57
"S.M." stands for Sierra Menera Mining Co.

Great Western Railway 2-6-2T No. 5553

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 16, 2023 @ 11:02:32
Pete Waterman’s ex GWR 4500 Class Small Prairie 2-6-2T No. 5553 has gone on loan to the Bodmin & Wenford Railway in Cornwall for the 2023 running season there.

Stewarts & Lloyds 0-6-0ST No. 84 'Swordfish'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 16, 2023 @ 11:02:40
The ex Stewarts & Lloyds Andrew Barclay built 0-6-0ST No. 2138 "Swordfish" has gone on hire to the Colne Valley Railway in Essex as their main steam locomotive for the 2023 running season there from April to October 2023.

PR (NWR) 2-8-0 No. 2216

Posted by: Ivo Rutishauser on Feb 16, 2023 @ 05:02:43
The locomotive belongs to PR - Pakistan Railways, not IR - Indian Railways. (Before 1961 = NWR - North Western Railway with same road number)

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway 0-4-0ST No. 11243 (19)

Posted by: Jack Spencer on Feb 15, 2023 @ 15:02:37
11243 has been confirmed as the third guest locomotive for the Gloucestershire Warwickshire railway Cotswold Festival of Steam on 12th-14th May. She will perform shunting demonstrations at Winchcombe station as well as some short passenger turns during the event.

Great Western Railway 4-6-0 No. 7812 'Erlestoke Manor'

Posted by: Jack Spencer on Feb 15, 2023 @ 13:02:33
Freshly overhauled 7812 Erlestoke Manor will be spending a period on loan to the West Somerset railway from after the Severn Valley s spring gala to the autumn, while sister engine 7822 Foxcote Manor is at the Battlefield Line. 7812 has visited the WSR no less than 3 times previously.

MINAZ 0-6-0 No. 2 (1181)

Posted by: Ivo Rutishauser on Feb 15, 2023 @ 07:02:21
BLW 6608 (BLW class 6-14 D 14 or 15) was delivered to A. Peasant (probably a locomotive Dealer) as No. 2; Central Santa Lucia was the original name of Raffael Freyre sugar mill in Holguin province; the last mill the loco was in service was Gregorio A. Manalich (former Mercedita) in Havana province; 1181 is the post 1964 MINAZ no. allocated to this engine, so the lettering is a mixture of old and new. Some dimensions: Driver Diameter 28 in, cylinders: 10 x14 in, fuel: originally wood, later probably converted to oil

Great Western Railway 4-6-0 No. 5043 'Earl of Mount Edgcumbe/Banbury Castle'

Posted by: Jack Spencer on Feb 15, 2023 @ 01:02:47
5043 is now officially back in service as she made her first moves under her own power for 4 years on 11th February, with the 14th being the day that she gained her vehicle of conformity ticket. A light engine test run to Stratford and a loaded test to Leicester will follow. Please change status to operational!

Great Western Railway 2-6-2T No. 4110

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 13, 2023 @ 14:02:47
The ex GWR Large Prairie 2-6-2T No. 4110 is operational again and become the next Barry Scrapyard survivor to steam again as No. 4110 moved for the first time under its own steam for the first time in over 58 years. No. 4110 will now undergo testing and running trials before making her preservation debut into service at the East Somerset Railway’s Steam Gala weekend on the 18th and 19th of March 2023.

Sproxton Quarry 0-6-0ST No. 15 'Hastings'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 13, 2023 @ 14:02:23
Currently having repairs carried out by J. M. Steam Engineering Ltd. at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, the ex Sproxton Quarry Hunslet 1888 built 0-6-0ST Works No. 469 "Hastings" which is the oldest surviving standard gauge Hunslet built steam locomotive operational in preservation will be in steam and operating rides at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre on the 15th of February 2023 as a one off steaming before returning home to the Kent & East Sussex Railway.

DR (DRB) 2-10-0 No. 50.3705 (50.1280)

Posted by: ronaldFERGUSON on Feb 13, 2023 @ 11:02:17
24 Sep 2003 in yard at Bw Treysa (not in steam)

DR (DRB) 2-10-0 No. 52.8109-2 (52.2883)

Posted by: ronaldFERGUSON on Feb 13, 2023 @ 11:02:28
19 Sep 2000 on display at Weimar Museum

DR (DRB) 2-10-0 No. 50.3626 (50.2385)

Posted by: ronaldFERGUSON on Feb 13, 2023 @ 11:02:10
19 Sep 2000 on display at Weimar Museum

HSB (DR) 2-10-2T No. 99.7243-1 (99 243)

Posted by: ronaldFERGUSON on Feb 13, 2023 @ 11:02:40
23 Sep 1997 in steam at Bw Wernigerode

HSB (DR) 2-10-2T No. 99.7236-5 (99 236)

Posted by: ronaldFERGUSON on Feb 13, 2023 @ 11:02:28
23 Sep 1997 in steam at Bw Wernigerode

London & North Western Railway 0-6-2T No. 1054 (7799) (58926)

Posted by: Jack Spencer on Feb 13, 2023 @ 05:02:17
1054 will be making a return visit to the Nene Valley railway for a special LNWR weekend on 25th and 26th March. As is customary with visiting engines on the NVR she will also be hauling a Jolly Fisherman evening dining service on the 25th. She last visited the line in 2015.

Northwestern Pacific Railroad 4-6-0 No. 112

Posted by: James Richardson on Feb 12, 2023 @ 16:02:19
NWP #112, a class T-46 4-6-0, was never seriously wrecked. NWP #114 (class T-46) was totaled in a head on collision with SP 2-8-0 class C-9 2801 in 1946. NWP #184, a class T-57 4-6-0, was wrecked in 1953 when it was forced over the edge at Scotia Bluffs by a mudslide.

Shotton Colliery 0-6-0ST No. 'Horden'

Posted by: Jfindlay on Feb 12, 2023 @ 14:02:29
Horden had suffered a tube failure in December so Horden currently needs new tubes so Horden will be put into a temporary overhaul.

JNR 2-6-0 No. C56-92

Posted by: Ivo Rutishauser on Feb 12, 2023 @ 13:02:12
According to Japanese Wikipedia C56-92 should be Hitachi 826 / 1937

Evesham Vale Light Railway 4-6-2 No. 5751 'Prince William'

Posted by: BILL LUCKHURST on Feb 12, 2023 @ 11:02:30
PLEASE CAN YOU HELP WHERE IS LOCOMOTIVE 5751 NOW MANY THANKS