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SAR 4-8-0 No. 1301

Posted by: Steve Frost, European Editor on May 27, 2024 @ 13:05:01
The North British locomotive Preservation Group newsletter reports that on the Friday 3rd May 2024, after many attempts over the years, North British built Class 1A 4-8-0 No 1301 was finally moved from open storage at Greenside Colliery to a new home at the Kruger Lodge near Nkomazi. The old warrior will now be brought back to its former glory.

NCB Acton Hall Colliery (War Department) 0-6-0ST No. S112 'Spitfire' ('Revenge') (70066)

Posted by: Russell Newman on May 27, 2024 @ 07:05:45
The former WD Ministry of Supply and Acton Hall Colliery Hunslet built 50550 Class 0-6-0ST (WD No. 70066) No. S112 ("Revenge") "Spitfire", is now located at NL Engineering (North West) at Blackrod near Manchester in Lancashire.

NCB Baggeridge Colliery 0-6-0ST No. 8 'Sir Robert Peel' ('Warspite'}

Posted by: Russell Newman on May 27, 2024 @ 07:05:57
The ex NCB Baggeridge Colliery Hunslet built Austerity 0-6-0ST (Works No. 3776) ("Warspite") No. 8 "Sir Robert Peel", is now located at NL Engineering (North West) at Blackrod near Manchester in Lancashire.

British Railways 2-10-0 No. 92245

Posted by: Russell Newman on May 27, 2024 @ 07:05:07
The BR Standard 9F 2-10-0 No. 92245, one of the few remaining Crewe built 9F locomotives remaining just has since left the Barry Railway and has been relocated to NL Engineering (North West) at Blackrod near Manchester in Lancashire, where it maybe worked on or in storage there??

NCB Polkemmet Colliery (War Department) 0-6-0ST No. 17 (75031)

Posted by: Russell Newman on May 27, 2024 @ 07:05:37
The former War Department and NCB Polkemmet Colliery Hunslet built Austerity 0-6-0ST (Works No. 2880) (WD No. 75031) No. 17, has since left the Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway and is now located at Locomotive Maintenance Services at Loughborough in Leicestershire, where it is under restoration there.

JNR 2-6-4T No. C11-217

Posted by: Yuki Taki on May 26, 2024 @ 22:05:23
Please change location to Tokai Kikan, Kanaya, Shizuoka and change status to parts donor. The locomotive was donated to Oigawa Railway with the intention to use its frames to rebuild C11-227.

Pacific Coast Railroad (Lehigh Stone Co.) 2-4-0 No. 2 'Roger Linn' (800)

Posted by: Jeremiah Weil on May 26, 2024 @ 20:05:20
This locomotive is now operational. And she is a 2-4-0, not a 0-4-0T.

GKN, Eastmoors Steelworks 0-6-0ST No. 18 'Jessie'

Posted by: Russell Newman on May 26, 2024 @ 10:05:41
The ex GKN, Eastmoors Steelworks, Hunslet built 48150 Class 0-6-0ST No. 18 "Jessie", has been repainted back into her original livery when she was first built in 1937, which is a mix of brunsic green with yellow lining and black.

Southern Pacific Railroad 4-6-0 No. 2353

Posted by: Nicholas Medovich on May 26, 2024 @ 07:05:56
ran from 1996 until September 2000. She is on display awaiting funds for a new firebox. Cost will be more than a new boiler. Coos Bay 11 is still on hold for funding.

DR (Franzberger Kreisbahnen) 0-4-0T No. 99.5605 (122 'Franzburg')

Posted by: Kalle Waack on May 25, 2024 @ 08:05:14
The right name is "Franzburger Kreisbahnen" Empty Wight: 9 t Driver Diameter: 800 mm Boiler Pressure: 12 bar

British Sugar Corporation 0-6-0ST No. 54 'Julia'

Posted by: Russell Newman on May 24, 2024 @ 14:05:00
The former British Sugar Corporation Hudswell Clark built 0-6-0ST (Works No. 1682) No. 54 "Julia" has since left the Nottingham Heritage Railway or Great Central Railway, Nottingham as it is now known, and has now relocated to Israel Newton & Sons Ltd. at Cromford in Derbyshire.

Stewarts & Lloyds 0-6-0ST No. 41 'Rhyl'

Posted by: Russell Newman on May 24, 2024 @ 14:05:59
The former Stewarts & Lloyds Manning Wardle built 0-6-0ST (Works No. 2009) No. 41 "Rhyl", has since left the Nottingham Heritage Railway or Great Central Railway, Nottingham as it is now known, and has relocated to a private workshop in Yorkshire for restoration.

Royal Navy, Devonport 0-4-0ST No. 19

Posted by: Russell Newman on May 24, 2024 @ 10:05:34
The former Royal Navy, Devonport Bagnall built 0-4-0ST (Works No. 2962) No. 19, is now leaving the Bodmin Railway having been sold to a private individual, and is now relocating to its new home at the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway at Blaenavon, Monmouthshire in South Wales.

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

Posted by: Russell Newman on May 24, 2024 @ 06:05:33
The overhaul on the famous new-build LNER (Peppercorn designed) A1 Class Pacific 4-6-2 No. 60163 "Tornado", is now complete, and the locomotive has moved to the Great Central Railway for testing and running in trials before returning to the mainline and heritage railway circuit again.

British Railways (Southern Railway) 4-6-2 No. 35018 (21C18) 'British India Line'

Posted by: Russell Newman on May 24, 2024 @ 06:05:24
The ex Southern Railway rebuilt Bulleid Merchant Navy Class Pacific No. 35018 "British India Line", is the 8th and final visiting locomotive for the Swanage Railway’s Strictly Bulleid 2 Gala on the weekend of the 7th to 9th June 2024, which will see the biggest gathering of now up to eight ex Southern Railway Bulleid Pacific Locomotives in preservation and more bigger then the first Strictly Bulleid Gala in 2017. This is the first time that No. 35018 will visit a preserved railway on it’s old stomping ground of Southern metals to operate public services. In addition to the Gala No. 35018 will also be bringing six of West Coast Railway Company’s MkI Coaching Stock down from Carnforth to act as extra stock for the event too.

RSR 2-8-2 No. 943

Posted by: Joachim Lutz on May 24, 2024 @ 05:05:20
changed its location in 2022 to 52100 Lampang/North (Lampang), 7FM7+MP7, Tambon Sop Tui, Black Iron Bridge, River Wang, Sapan Dam Park

FCGR (BAGS) 0-4-0WT No. 2037 (390)

Posted by: Martín Chalimoniuk on May 24, 2024 @ 04:05:02
As of May 2024, this engine is in full working order at the "Museo Ferroviario de Haedo" (Haedo Railway Museum). It was, in fact, built in 1905 by R.Stephenson, and was misidentified in 1968 as no. 389. It is actually no. 390, later being renumbered in 1912 to its current number, 2037.

DR (DRB) 2-10-0 No. 52.8030-0 (52.5012)

Posted by: Manni Mahr on May 22, 2024 @ 08:05:25
the number of the reconstructed 52 5012 is 52 8030-0

Great Eastern Railway 0-6-0 No. 65462 (7564) (564)

Posted by: Russell Newman on May 22, 2024 @ 06:05:48
The former Great Eastern Railway Y14 (LNER J15) 0-6-0 No. 564, has had to be withdrawn from service early following a failed boiler test, as it was discoved they were a number of broken firebox stays that needed replacing. The Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Society, owners of No. 564 will now be developing and finalised now as quickly as possible to organise a full overhaul for the locomotive.

British Railways 2-6-0 No. 76077

Posted by: Russell Newman on May 22, 2024 @ 06:05:03
The boiler of BR Standard 4MT 2-6-0 No. 76077, is to be sent to Leaky Finders works at Hele in Devon to be overhauled, while work on the locomotive continues at Locomotive Maintenance Services still.

Comal Power Plant 0-4-0T No. 1

Posted by: Matthew Gardner on May 21, 2024 @ 10:05:17
Engine is now out of service due to cracked eccentric and in need of 1472 day overhaul. It has some of the original tubes from when it was first constructed, and was only in service for 2 years.

Texas & Pacific RR 4-6-0 No. 316

Posted by: Matthew Gardner on May 21, 2024 @ 10:05:09
This engine has the same issue as the Santa Fe 1316. The previous company which owned the TSRR ordered new boilers for both those engines. However, they ordered them to the wrong specs. They made them with steel too thick. The heat from the fire cannot penetrate to the water, and cannot create sufficient steam. By turning up the burners, it has started causing scorching on the staybolts, and so they have removed the engine from service until a new proper boiler can be made. They also refuse to fit the new boiler for the 1316, as it is also wrong. Both engines sit waiting to see whom is responsible for the mistake so as to whom will pay for it.

Southern Railway 4-6-2 No. 34053 (21C153) 'Sir Keith Park'

Posted by: Russell Newman on May 20, 2024 @ 13:05:11
The overhaul on ex Southern Railway rebuilt Bulleid Battle of Britain Class Light Pacific No. 34053 "Sir Keith Park", is now complete and the locomotive has now left Southern Locomotives Ltd’s workshop at Herston and has moved to the Swanage Railway for testing and running in trials. After which No. 34053 will take part in the Swanage Railway’s Strictly Bulleid 2 Gala on the weekend of the 7th to 9th June 2024, which will see the biggest gathering of ex Southern Railway Bulleid Pacific Locomotives in preservation and more bigger then the first Strictly Bulleid Gala in 2017. After this event No. 34053 will return home to the Spa Valley Railway for the summer season there.

Southern Railway 4-6-2 No. 34059 (21C159) 'Sir Archibald Sinclair'

Posted by: Russell Newman on May 20, 2024 @ 13:05:47
The ex Southern Railway Bulleid rebuilt Battle of Britain Class light Pacific No. 34059 "Sir Archibald Sinclair", has now been fully painted and lined out in a new coat of British Railways Brunswick Green livery, and is now set to enter traffic at the Bluebell Railway this summer.

JNR 4-6-4 No. C62-3

Posted by: Yuki Taki on May 20, 2024 @ 01:05:48
Build date 18 June 1948. Builders number 1931, Hitachi Originally built using boiler from 2-8-2 D52458, reboilered in 1956. Retired from JNR 19 March 1976, displayed at Otaru Transportation Museum from 1977 to 1986. Returned to steam in time to celebrate privatization of JNR on 31 Mar 1987, fully overhauled immediately thereafter and returned to active roster 3 Mar 1988. Retired again 3 November 1995, has been on static display ever since.

Vickers Armstrong Ltd 0-4-0GWT No. 'Sir Vincent'

Posted by: Russell Newman on May 18, 2024 @ 15:05:06
The former Vickers Armstrong Ltd. Aveling Porter built 0-4-0GWT Traction Engine locomotive "Sir Vincent", mainly operates at the private Fifield Railway at Windsor in Berkshire on the grounds of the home of David Buck.

London, Brighton & South Coast Railway 0-6-0T No. 2678 (78) (32678) 'Knowle'

Posted by: Russell Newman on May 18, 2024 @ 14:05:33
The repair work on ex London, Brighton & South Coast Railway A1X Class Terrier 0-6-0T No. 2678 "Knowle", has been completed and the locomotive is about to undergo a steam test with the aim to get it operational for the remainder of its current boiler ticket.

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

Posted by: Russell Newman on May 17, 2024 @ 10:05:41
The ex NCB Scotland, Giesl fitted Hunslet built Austerity 0-6-0ST (Works No. 3809) No. 18, was built in 1953, and started its working life with the National Coal Board in East Fife, Scotland at Wellesley Colliery. It later moved to the Dysart Central Workshops in Fife in 1963, where it was fitted with the Giesl ejector chimney and blastpipe, before returning to Wellesley Colliery in 1964. During 1966 to 1968 No. 18 had worked at Michael Colliery before returning to Wellesley Colliery until being withdrawn from service in 1972. No. 18 ended up at Thomas Muir Scrap Merchants at Balbeggie in Fife, Scotland where it stayed until it was saved for preservation in 1983. Three years later the locomotive moved to Shipyard Services at Brightlingsea in Essex, East Anglia for a full overhaul before going to the North Norfolk Railway, where it ran for a number of years. In 2006 No. 18 was sold to the Weardale Railway, but then two years later it was sold to a private owner who then moved it to the Great Central Railway. Today No. 18 is owned by David Wright, director of Locomotive Maintenance Services based in Loughborough, which have carried the overhaul returning No. 18 to service again for use at the Great Central Railway and the heritage railway circuit.

OSE (SPAP) 2-8-0 No. 7.721 (721)

Posted by: Kyriakos Mpentevis on May 17, 2024 @ 08:05:20
In 2021 the locomotive was moved to the old engine sheds in Lefka, Piraeus and is now a museum piece.

OSE 2-8-2 No. 7110

Posted by: Kyriakos Mpentevis on May 17, 2024 @ 08:05:00
This is the first Breda ? class mikado built. After testing it was determined that the feedwater heater was really inefficient and thus she had to undergo a rebuild. As mentioned she was the first one made but due to the rebuild she was the last one to enter service in Greece and as such she gained the number 7120 (she is the same locomotive as the other 7120 on the list). She sits at the Kalamata railway park as of 2024