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Lake Superior & Ishpeming RR 2-8-0 No. 23

Posted by: ESRM on Apr 6, 2025 @ 09:04:27
It is worth noting that 23 is currently NOT being restored/rebuilt to operating condition. She has been part of a meticulous cosmetic restoration since March of 2020. The museum is often asked the question of why, and there are several main significant reasons. The first as one can imagine is cost. The cost to restore/rebuild 23 into aq reliable, fully functional locomotive would be quite high. There are some well-known issues with her running gear (nothing major, simply tired and worn out) as well as her firebox (namely the throat sheet) that would have to be remedied before she could operate. Her frame is also likely out of tram which would need to be addressed to ensure trouble free operation. The second reason has to do with where to operate the locomotive. She is simply too large and heavy to operate on the small amount of ESRM trackage. There are simply no current operating opportunities for the locomotive. It is worth noting that nothing being done to the locomotive as part of its ongoing cosmetic restoration that would make a rebuild to operation more difficult or impossible should a feasible future opportunity arise.

NCB Wellesley Colliery 0-6-0ST No. 18

Posted by: Russell Newman on Apr 6, 2025 @ 05:04:45
The ex NCB Wellesley Colliery, Giesl fitted Hunslet built Austerity 0-6-0ST (Works No. 809) No.18, is staying on for another season at the North Norfolk Railway again this year, where it has been a good locomotive for them from last year.

British Railways 2-6-4T No. 80098

Posted by: Russell Newman on Apr 4, 2025 @ 14:04:29
The overhaul on BR Standard 4MT 2-6-4T No. 80098, is progressing on as the boiler is undergoing a heavy rebuild at Heritage Boiler Steam Services Ltd. near liverpool, as its having a new barrel, new steel smokebox door and throat plates plate fitted. The Princess Royal Locomotive Trust hope to have No. 80098 back in steam by 2027.

SNCF 2-8-2 No. 141R 840

Posted by: Dale W Fickés on Apr 4, 2025 @ 08:04:40
i.e. val de loire

SNCF 2-8-2 No. 141R 840

Posted by: Dale W Fickés on Apr 4, 2025 @ 08:04:58
les Aubrais and Orleans are in the Centre de Val Region of France.

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

Posted by: Russell Newman on Apr 3, 2025 @ 12:04:13
The new-build GWR Saint Class 4-6-0 No. 2999 "Lady of Legend", will be making a return visit to the West Somerset Railway to star at their Spring Steam Spectacular event from the 2nd to 5th of May 2025, as part of the Railway 200 celebrations in 2025. No. 2999 will remain on hire to the West Somerset Railway during the the Spring and Summer months from April to August 2025.

Ministerio da Agricultura 0-4-0WT No. 13

Posted by: João F. R. Lanza on Apr 2, 2025 @ 14:04:41
Aonde essa locomotiva funcionou? Atualmente está bastante danificada, conforme visita minha ao local em 31/03/2025. Where did this locomotive work? Currently, it is heavily damaged, according to visit on the site in 31/03/2025.

London Midland & Scottish Railway 4-6-0 No. 45699 (5699) 'Galatea'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Apr 2, 2025 @ 14:04:42
What could be better to have at a Steam Gala, two ex LMS Jublee Class 4-6-0’s! The ex LMS Jubilee Class 4-6-0 No. 45699 "Galatea", currently running as long lost Class mate No. 45627 "Sierra Leone", is visiting the Severn Valley Railway for the very first time for their Spring Steam Gala from the 18th to 21st of April 2025, where she will be paired up with her sister No. 45596 "Bahamas" for the first time for the event.

Bure Valley Railway 2-6-4T No. 1 'Wroxham Broad'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Apr 2, 2025 @ 14:04:48
The Bure Valley Railway’s 15inch gauge 2-6-4T No. 1 "Wroxham Broad", is in the final stages of its overhaul in the workshops at Aylsham and should be ready to enter service in time for the Bure Valley Railway’s 35th anniversary Gala weekend on the 7th and 8th of June 2025. The locomotive will retain the Thomas the Tank Engine style Caledonian blue livery but with the addition of full black and white lining to it.

Heatherslaw Light Railway 0-4-2 No. 'The Lady Augusta'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Apr 2, 2025 @ 14:04:36
The Heatherslaw Light Railway’s 1989 Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway built 15inch gauge 0-4-2 "The Lady Augusta", has just returned to service following completion of an overhaul carried out and should be in traffic for the 2025 running season.

Naklo Sugar Factory 0-6-0WT+T No. 10 'Naklo'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Apr 2, 2025 @ 14:04:00
The former Naklo Sugar Factory Polish built 0-6-0WT+T No. 10 "Naklo", is in the final stages of its overhaul and should be in service at the South Tynedale Railway from April 2025.

Harrogate Gas Works 0-6-2ST No. 'Barber'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Apr 2, 2025 @ 14:04:00
The former Harrogate Gas Works, Thomas Green & Sons 0-6-2ST Works No. 441 "Barber", has been withdrawn from service for its 10-year boiler inspection and overhaul and is unlikely to return to service at the South Tynedale Railway during 2025.

A1 Steam Locomotive Trust (LNER design) 4-6-2 No. 60163 'Tornado'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Apr 2, 2025 @ 06:04:22
Now passed for mainline running again, the famous new-build LNER (Peppercorn designed) A1 Class Pacific 4-6-2 No. 60163 "Tornado", is now expected to move to Shrewsbury this week for testing of her ETCS (European Train Control System) fitted for future mainline running. After this her first mainline railtours of 2025 will be hauling the Railway Touring Company’s Great Britain Railtour that is steam hauled around the UK, and "Tornado" will doing the Scottish leg of the tour from Edinburgh to Inverness on the 30th of April and Inverness to Edinburgh on the 2nd of May and the following day for the last leg from Edinburgh via Newcastle to Peterborough on the 3rd of May 2025.

Great Western Railway 2-6-2T No. 5521

Posted by: Russell Newman on Apr 2, 2025 @ 05:04:04
The ex GWR Prairie 2-6-2T No. 5521 / London Transport No. L150, now has a new permanent home at the Gwili Railway at Bronwydd Arms, Carmarthenshire in South Wales. Following its taking part in their 6 for 60 Gala weekend No. 5521 has been sold by its owner Bill Parker to the Gwili Railway to be part of their main locomotive fleet at the railway and is the first first ex-Barry Scrapyard resident in working order to find a permanent home in South Wales.

Ministerio da Agricultura 0-4-0WT No. Unknown

Posted by: Helmut Dahlhaus on Apr 2, 2025 @ 24:04:49
The photo shows Henschel 12201 not the O&K engine.

Gruen & Biflinger AG 0-4-0T No. Unknown

Posted by: Colin Rainsbury on Mar 31, 2025 @ 14:03:19
Hi, all. Does anyone have any contact details for this Loco owner? I have tried the university, but they say it has nothing to do with them.

Macknade Mill 0-6-0 No. 1

Posted by: Colin Rainsbury on Mar 31, 2025 @ 13:03:33
I think this Locomotive is now in the UK, and at the end of 2024, it was put up for sale not sure were it has gone right now

North Eastern Railway 0-8-0 No. 63395 (2238, 3395)

Posted by: Russell Newman on Mar 31, 2025 @ 13:03:13
The brand new right hand cylinder for ex LNER Q6 0-8-0 No. 63395, has now been fitted to the locomotive and a little more work on a couple alignment issues is required before work can start to reassemble the locomotive and get her back out in traffic soon.

NCB 0-6-0ST No. 22

Posted by: Russell Newman on Mar 31, 2025 @ 12:03:14
The ex NCB Hunslet built Austerity 0-6-0ST (Works No. 3846) No. 22, will be staying on loan to the North Norfolk Railway for the 2025 running season.

British Railways 2-6-4T No. 80080

Posted by: Russell Newman on Mar 31, 2025 @ 12:03:50
With its loan to the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway now finnished, BR Standard 4MT 2-6-4T No. 80080, has returned home to the Princess Royal Locomotive Trust’s West Shed at the Midland Railway - Butterley for some maintenance & testing before being made available for service at the railway for a short while during April 2025. But its has been announced that No. 80080 will be relocating on-term-loan to the North Norfolk Railway following a partnership between the Princess Royal Locomotive Trust and the North Norfolk Railway which will see No. 80080 based at the North Norofolk Railway for an initial period five years starting from late May 2025.

NCB North Gawber Colliery 0-6-0T No. N2

Posted by: Russell Newman on Mar 31, 2025 @ 12:03:35
The ex NCB, North Gawber Colliery Hudswell Clarke built 0-6-0T Works No. 1857, will be part of the line up of steam locomotives operating in the West Somerset Railway’s Spring Steam Spectacular event from the 2nd to 5th of May 2025, as part of the Railway 200 celebrations in 2025.

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

Posted by: Russell Newman on Mar 30, 2025 @ 13:03:33
The ex Samuel Fox & Co Hudswell Clarke built 0-6-0T (Works No. 1731) No. 20 "Jennifer", is staying on at the Avon Valley Railway until June 2025 to help cover a locomotive shortage at the railway.

NCB Cannock Wood Colliery 0-6-0ST No. 'Wimblebury'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Mar 30, 2025 @ 13:03:56
Having been on loan to the Avon Valley Railway since 2023, the ex NCB Cannock Wood Colliery Hunslet built Austerity 0-6-0ST Works No. 3839 "Wimblebury", hauled its last trains at the railway over the weekend as its loan period to the Avon Valley Railway has finnished and the locomotive will be returning home to the Foxfield Railway.

London & North Eastern Railway 4-6-2 No. 60019 (4464) 'Bittern'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Mar 29, 2025 @ 10:03:34
The ex LNER A4 Pacific No. 4464 "Bittern", is now located at LNWR Heritage at Crewe in Cheshire, where her overhaul is now underway and her tender has been moved to the Sir Nigel Gresley Steam Locomotive Trust’s Sir Nigel Gresley Engineering Ltd. engineering site at Northallerton in Yorkshire.

A1 Steam Locomotive Trust (LNER design) 2-8-2 No. 2007 'Prince of Wales'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Mar 29, 2025 @ 10:03:46
The newly built boiler which is one of two built for the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust for both "Tornado" and the new-build LNER P2 Class 2-8-2 No. 2007 "Prince of Wales", is expected to arrive in the UK from the Dampflokwerk Meiningen works in Germany during April 2025.

A1 Steam Locomotive Trust (LNER design) 4-6-2 No. 60163 'Tornado'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Mar 29, 2025 @ 10:03:40
Now repainted into BR Brunswick Green livery again and having completed a succesful mainline test run, the famous new-build LNER (Peppercorn designed) A1 Class Pacific 4-6-2 No. 60163 "Tornado", is now set to make a welcome return to the mainline and heritage railway circuit from this year as "Tornado" will be operating on the mainline with West Coast Railway Company until 2028.

Associated Portland Cement 0-4-0ST No. 1

Posted by: Russell Newman on Mar 29, 2025 @ 10:03:14
The ex Associated Portland Cement, Hawthorn Leslie & Co. built 0-4-0ST (Works No. 3715) No. 1, has now left John Fowler Engineering and has relocated to Beamish Open Air Museum at Beamish in Durham, where it will be based for couple of years, during which time its owner will carry out a cosmetic restoration on the locomotive. Its not forming part of Beamish’s running fleet, and there is no intention to restore it to steam yet during this period. It forms part of an increasing focus on partnerships within the region, and looking at collections in the round – across sites, not just specific to one site. The owner of the locomotive intends to look at its potential for restoration to working order, once his other projects are completed, and this would take place at another site as and when the time comes for that to take place.

Logan & Hemingway 0-6-0ST No. 'Sir Berkeley'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Mar 29, 2025 @ 10:03:08
The ex Logan & Hemingway 1891 Manning Wardle built 0-6-0ST Works No. 1210 "Sir Berkeley", will be making a return visit to Beamish Open Air Museum for their Festival of Transport event from the 24th of May to 1st of June 2025.

London Midland & Scottish Railway 2-6-0 No. 42968 (13268) (2968)

Posted by: Russell Newman on Mar 29, 2025 @ 09:03:25
The ex LMS ‘Stanier Mogul’ 2-6-0 No. 13268, will be taking part on display with many other locomotives from around the UK at the Greatest Gathering at Litchurch Lane works in Derby, being billed as the biggest ever gathering of historic rail vehicles as part of the Railway 200 celebrations from the 1st to 3rd of August 2025. To mark 200 years of opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway and 200 years of the modern railway we all know and use today.

Great Western Railway 4-6-0 No. 4930 'Hagley Hall'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Mar 29, 2025 @ 09:03:04
The ex GWR Hall Class 4-6-0 No. 4930 "Hagley Hall", which is the oldest Great Western Railway Hall Class 4-6-0 operating in preservation today will be taking part on display with many other locomotives from around the UK at the Greatest Gathering at Litchurch Lane works in Derby as part of the Railway 200 celebrations from the 1st to 3rd of August 2025. To mark 200 years of opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway and 200 years of the modern railway we all know and use today.