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Detroit & Mackinac RR 0-6-0 No. 8

Posted by: Dogemasterios on Jul 24, 2024 @ 06:07:54
The boiler is operational but the frame is cracked.

Norfolk & Western Railway 2-8-0 No. 917

Posted by: Joel J on Jul 24, 2024 @ 24:07:16
N&W 917 and the Buckeye Express Diner are now for sale by "Dream Huge Reality"

JNR 2-8-0 No. 29622 (Displayed as 59609)

Posted by: Yuki Taki on Jul 23, 2024 @ 22:07:13
59609 in Mikasa and 29622 in Niigata are believed to have had their identities mixed up when sitting together in the bone yard at Otaru Chikkou Depot awaiting disposal in 1975-76. Both locomotives were retired from Iwamizawa Daiichi depot in 1975, and presumably dragged to Otaru with their plates removed, hence the mix-up. Photographs exist of the two locomotives sitting coupled together with the wrong numbers for each locomotive painted on their smokebox fronts. The locomotive preserved in Mikasa wearing 59609 is actually 29622, and the locomotive in Niigata is believed to be 59609.

JNR 2-8-2 No. D52-235 (Possibly D52-138 displayed as D52-235)

Posted by: Yuki Taki on Jul 23, 2024 @ 22:07:33
Yet another JNR numbers mix-up, D52-235 is believed to be D52-138. The preserved locomotive does not have the all-weather cab that D52-235 was retrofitted with in 1961, and multiple parts have been found with their stamped numbers for D52-138 stamped over with D52-235.

JNR 4-6-2 No. C55-46 (Displayed as C55-53)

Posted by: Steve Frost, European Editor on Jul 23, 2024 @ 16:07:17
Thanks for the information, Yuki. I have changed our page for the loco to reflect your note.

JNR 2-6-2T No. C12-38

Posted by: on Jul 23, 2024 @ 15:07:23
Thanks for the correction Yuki, it seems that it has been parked face to face with C11 217’s boiler outside

Homestake Mine 0-4-4 No. 22

Posted by: Kevin Sweat on Jul 23, 2024 @ 06:07:43
A conversation (in person) with the museum in Anacortes indicates that this engine was sold to a party in California and is no longer in Anacortes.

London Midland & Scottish Railway 4-6-0 No. 45163 (5163)

Posted by: Russell Newman on Jul 23, 2024 @ 06:07:14
The ex LMS Black Five 4-6-0 No. 45163, (known as the "Highland Hiker" is to return to the mainline following a deal with a partership with its owners the 45163 Ltd and Riley & Son Engineering Ltd. owners of ex LMS Black Five’s No. 45407 “The Lancashire Fusilier” and 44871 along with No. 45212 on loan to them from the the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. The partnership will see No. 45163 leave the Colne Valley Railway and be relocated to Riley & Son Engineering Ltd. at Heywood in Lancashire, where its restoration from Barry Scrapyard condition will be completed to mainline standards which will see the fitment of air-braking and main line electronic equipment – in return for the long-term loan of the locomotive to Riley & Son Engineering Ltd. The hire agreement will run for 25 years, and will then end with the return of the locomotive to the 45163 Ltd in working order. Provision has also been made for it to visit other preserved railways around the UK, including the Colne Valley Railway and the West Somerset Railway. It is hope the work will be completed by 2027 which will see No. 45163 working on Network Rail metals on railtours and could even see it working the Jacobite Trains on the West Highland Line in Scotland.

JNR 4-6-2 No. C55-50

Posted by: Yuki Taki on Jul 22, 2024 @ 19:07:50
C55-50 is another case of Class C55 numbers getting mixed up, though the mistake has since been reversed. When originally displayed at Otaru, the locomotive wore the plate for C55-30. This is significant because C55-30 belongs to the second batch of C55 which was originally streamlined, and differed somewhat in detail from the preserved C55-50 which belongs to the third and final batch of C55.

JNR 4-6-2 No. C55-46 (Displayed as C55-53)

Posted by: Yuki Taki on Jul 22, 2024 @ 19:07:53
This locomotive is believed to be C55-46 wearing the number plate of C55-53. For whatever reason, JNR class C55 and their Taiwanese brothers have had a history of getting their numbers mixed up in preservation.

CEGB Earley 0-4-0ST No. 'Olwen'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Jul 22, 2024 @ 14:07:42
The ex CEGB Earley, Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns built 0-4-0ST Works No. 7058 "Olwen", is now located at the at its new home at the Midland Railway - Butterley in Derbyshire, where it is now under overhaul there.

Ruwenhorst & Humbert (Heeresfeldbahn) 0-8-0T No. 31 (HF 968)

Posted by: Russell Newman on Jul 22, 2024 @ 14:07:35
The former Ruwenhorst & Humbert (Heeresfeldbahn) 1917 Maffei built 0-8-0T+T No. DFB 968, (known as ‘The Brigadelok’) has now been put on public display in the Vale of Rheidol Railway’s new museum in the former Great Western Railway locomotive shed at Aberystwyth.

Nepal Government Railway 0-6-2T No. 3 'Gorakhnath'

Posted by: Steve Frost, European Editor on Jul 22, 2024 @ 13:07:10
I recently viewed a YouTube video showing the locos with commentary in a language I couldn't understand, but this recent video showed them as derelict. The man who made the video was obviously interested in them, focussing on works plates where they were present and name plates. Maybe there is enough interest in South Asia to prompt preservation, who knows?

TRA (Tokyo-Yokohama Railway) 2-4-0T No. 9

Posted by: Mark Smithers on Jul 22, 2024 @ 13:07:50
Should be 2-4-0T.

Nepal Government Railway 0-6-2T No. 3 'Gorakhnath'

Posted by: Mark Smithers on Jul 22, 2024 @ 13:07:11
What is the current status of these Nepal locos. Any preservation attempts?

DRLR 0-6-4T No. 6

Posted by: Mark Smithers on Jul 22, 2024 @ 13:07:43
What is the current status of the DRLR locomotives? do they still exist?

Bar-Virpazar 2-4-4-0T No. 'Sutorman'

Posted by: Marco van Uden on Jul 22, 2024 @ 09:07:19
The gauge is probably 760mm (Bosnian narrow gauge) and not 750mm as shown in the details.

JNR 2-6-2T No. C12-38

Posted by: Yuki Taki on Jul 22, 2024 @ 02:07:34
Small correction. The location is Tokai Kikan rather than Oigawa Railway. Status should be stored, as the locomotive is no longer publicly accessible. According to local sources, the locomotive will NOT be restored to operation nor be parted out for Oigawa Railway operations.

Cronton Colliery 0-6-0ST No. None

Posted by: Steve Frost, European Editor on Jul 21, 2024 @ 13:07:29
The previous note prompted me to investigate. I found that the details we had about location of the loco were well out of date. Research suggests the current location that we now show. The status is unchanged, although the loco appears to be dismantled.

JNR 2-6-2T No. C12-38

Posted by: on Jul 21, 2024 @ 07:07:46
Moved to the Oigawa Railway’s facilities near Shimada (Shizuoka)

Cronton Colliery 0-6-0ST No. None

Posted by: Mark Smithers on Jul 21, 2024 @ 02:07:17
Has any restoration work been done on this loco. It is a unique survival

Cadbury Bros Ltd 0-4-0T No. 1 'Cadbury Bourneville'

Posted by: Mark Smithers on Jul 21, 2024 @ 02:07:59
Notice that this locomotive has similarities with an Avonside design built for the G.W.R.

Acièries de Hagendange 0-6-0T No. SA03

Posted by: Jon Piesing on Jul 20, 2024 @ 11:07:52
This is not the same as 0-8-0T "Andre Chapelon" with works number 8098, Grafenstaden 1952. Also referred to as "NE61" but not visibly carrying that number. "Andre Chapelon" is in service as of July 2024.

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

Posted by: Russell Newman on Jul 20, 2024 @ 08:07:04
The brand new right hand cylinder for ex LNER Q6 0-8-0 No. 63395, has successfully been casted by the The Boro’ Foundry and will be machined at the begining of August 2024 and delivered for fittment to No. 63395 soon.

Winston Co. 0-4-0T No. 20

Posted by: Casey Merritt on Jul 20, 2024 @ 07:07:50
#20 is stored out of service not publicly visible. (Status should be Stored)

VR 4-6-2 No. 1009

Posted by: Aino Sepponen on Jul 19, 2024 @ 17:07:32
It’s fuel is coal.

CEGB Agecroft Power Station 0-4-0ST No. 'Agecroft No1'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Jul 19, 2024 @ 11:07:28
The ex CEGB Agecroft Power Station Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn built 0-4-0ST Works No. 7416 "Agecroft No1", has since relocated to the National Railway Museum at York in Yorkshire.

LMS Patriot Project 4-6-0 No. 45551 'The Unknown Warrior'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Jul 19, 2024 @ 10:07:48
The construction work of New-build LMS Patriot 4-6-0 No. 5551 "The Unknown Warrior", has started to pick up as the frames were moved inside the works at Tyseley Locomotive Works. The move was made on the 17th of July 2024 after being outside under tarpaulin since they arrived from Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust West shed at the Midland Railway - Butterley, in December 2023. This was needed as there was a wait for space inside at Tyseley, with volunteers working on preparatory work for the components that were delivered separately in March. The first package of work will be the reassembly of the horn guides, with the outside cylinders and wheelsets now at Riley & Son Engineering. The wheelsets are due back later in 2024 and will allow the frames to be re-wheeled once again.

British Railways 2-6-2T No. 41241

Posted by: Russell Newman on Jul 19, 2024 @ 10:07:22
The BR built ex LMS Ivatt Class 2MT 2-6-2T No. 41241, is heading to Wales for the very first time to visit the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway as their second visiting locomotive for their Annual Steam Gala from the 13th to 15th of September 2024.

Festiniog Railway 0-4-0ST+T No. 4 'Palmerston'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Jul 19, 2024 @ 10:07:51
The overhaul on the Festiniog Railway’s George England & Co. built 0-4-0ST+T No. 4 "Palmerston", one of the world’s oldest operation steam locomotives has now been completed and is now operational again. "Palmerston" is currently bring tested and undergoing running in trials before its set to take part in the Vale of Rheidol Railway’s Summer Steam Festival on the 24th to 26th of August 2024.