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British Railways 4-6-2 No. 34081 '92 Squadron'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Apr 3, 2024 @ 13:04:41
The ex Southern Railway Bulleid Battle of Britain Class Light Pacific No. 34081 "92 Squadron", is making her second visit to the Swanage Railway for their Strictly Bulleid 2 Gala on the weekend of the 7th to 9th June 2024, which see the biggest gathering of ex Southern Railway Bulleid Pacific Locomotives in preservation and more bigger then the first Strictly Bulleid Gala in 2017.

British Railways 2-6-4T No. 80078

Posted by: Russell Newman on Apr 3, 2024 @ 13:04:05
Following its winter stay at the Spa Valley Railway, BR Standard 4MT 2-6-4T No. 80078, has returned to the Mid Norfolk Railway at Dereham in Norfolk, as their main steam locomotive for the main 2024 running season there.

South Eastern Railway 0-6-0 No. 31065 (65)

Posted by: Russell Newman on Apr 3, 2024 @ 06:04:16
The ex South Eastern and Chatham Railway (South Eastern Railway) Class O1 0-6-0 No. 65, will visit the Kent & East Sussex Railway, for their 50th Anniversary Gala weekend on the 1st and 2nd of June 2024.

British Railways 2-6-0 No. 76017

Posted by: Russell Newman on Apr 3, 2024 @ 06:04:08
BR Standard 4MT 2-6-0 Mogul No. 76017, has now relocated to the Kent & East Sussex Railway at Tenterden in Kent, where it will stay on loan for the 2024 season until the end of the year hauling their Santa Specials in December, but will also have a key roll during their 50th Anniversary Gala weekend on the 1st and 2nd of June 2024.

Carron Iron Co. 0-6-0T No. 17 (carries No.14)

Posted by: Russell Newman on Apr 3, 2024 @ 06:04:43
The ex Iron Co. Andrew Barclay built 0-6-0T No. 1245, and now named "Bannockburn", is currently located at the Flour Mill Works at Bream in Gloucestershire, where it is undergoing overhaul there.

NCB (Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries) 0-6-2T No. 29

Posted by: Russell Newman on Apr 3, 2024 @ 06:04:49
The ex Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries, Kitson & Co. built 0-6-2T No. 29, is the thrid visiting locomotive at the Mid Hants Railway (The Watercress Line) for their Spring Steam Gala Weekend fron the 26th to 28th of April 2024.

Standard Steam Locomotive Company 4-6-2 No. 72010 'Hengist'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Apr 3, 2024 @ 06:04:15
It has been announced that William Cook Cast Products, who well known supporters in restoration and steam locomotive new-build projects, are to cast the driving wheels for new-build BR Standard 6MT Clan Pacific No. 72010 "Hengist". The patterns for the driving wheels will be made using traditional methods, assisted by laser scanning the driving wheels from bigger sister BR Standard 7MT Pacific No. 70013 "Oliver Cromwell", based at the Great Central Railway. Its expected that the work on the wheels will take six to twelve months to complete and at a cost of over £100,000 to the project.

British Railways 4-6-2 No. 60532 'Blue Peter'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Apr 2, 2024 @ 15:04:45
The chime whistle that ex LNER A2 Pacific No. 60532 "Blue Peter", carries is not American as first thought, it is in facted from New Zealand, as its an ex New Zealand Railways 5 note chime whistle. It was fitted to "Blue Peter" in the 1970s by her then owner the late Geoff Drury following an overhaul at Doncaster Works then and has carried as an extra whistle since. But it does has an historic connection to the LNER, Sir Nigel Gresley who was the LNER’s chief mechanical engineer liked the sound of a Chime whistle when he heard the sound of one at the Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway on one of their American outlined pacific locomotives, he would then fit Chime whistles to his A4 Class Pacific’s and P2 Class 2-8-2’s, British Railways would also fit Chime whistles to some of their BR Standard locomotives too. A New Zealand Railways 5 note chime whistle was fitted to LNER A4 Pacific No. 4492 "Dominion of New Zealand" from 1937, which it carried until being withdrawn from service in the 1960s. "Blue Peter" is currently the only mainline steam locomotive in the UK to have a New Zealand Railways 5 note chime whistle on and in use outside of New Zealand, although other steam engines such as Traction Engines and smaller narrow gauge steam locomotives in the UK have New Zealand Railways 5 note chime whistles also.

Pen-y-Orsedd Quarry 0-4-0ST No. 'Britomart'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Apr 2, 2024 @ 13:04:38
The ex Pen-y-Orsedd Quarry Hunslet built 0-4-0ST Works No. 707 "Britomart", is visiting Beamish Open Air Museum to take part in their Beamish Steam Gala – Wheels of Industry event on the weekend of the 6th and 7th of April 2024.

Penrhyn Quarry 0-4-0ST No. 'Hugh Napier'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Apr 2, 2024 @ 13:04:34
The ex Penrhyn Quarry Hunslet 0-4-0ST Works No. 855 "Hugh Napier", is visiting Beamish Open Air Museum to take part in their Beamish Steam Gala – Wheels of Industry event on the weekend of the 6th and 7th of April 2024.

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

Posted by: Russell Newman on Apr 2, 2024 @ 13:04:51
The ex Logan & Hemingway 1891 Manning Wardle built 0-6-0ST Works No. 1210 "Sir Berkeley", is visiting Beamish Open Air Museum over the month and will also be taking part in their Beamish Steam Gala – Wheels of Industry event on the weekend of the 6th and 7th of April 2024.

West Somerset Railway (Great Western Railway) 2-6-0 No. 9351 (5193)

Posted by: Russell Newman on Apr 2, 2024 @ 13:04:03
The rebuilt GWR 2-6-0 No. 9351 (Large Prairie 2-6-2T No. 5193), is visiting the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway for their Cotswold Festival of Steam Gala on the 25th to 27th of May 2024.

JNR 2-8-0 No. 29657

Posted by: Anonymous on Apr 2, 2024 @ 09:04:20
This locomotive fell into an advanced state of disrepair, and thus it was scrapped in October 2022

Ituana Railway & Cia Carbifera de Urissanga 0-4-0ST No. 2

Posted by: Sam Eastwood on Apr 1, 2024 @ 12:04:58
is it definitely 371, because that went to a timber tramway in australia not Brazil

British Railways 2-6-4T No. 80151

Posted by: Russell Newman on Apr 1, 2024 @ 10:04:40
For the upcoming Branch Line Gala Weekend from the 10th to 12th of May 2024, at the Bluebell Railway, BR Standard 4MT 2-6-4T No. 80151, will be running as Class mate No. 80100, for the Gala only then.

New South Wales Government Railways 2-8-2 No. 5917

Posted by: Russell Newman on Mar 31, 2024 @ 12:03:53
The ex New South Wales Government Railways D59 Class 2-8-2 No. 5917, has since relocated to Telarah yard in Telarah, New South Wales, Australia, which is the new base for the Picnic Train and their mainline operations in New South Wales.

Victorian Railways 4-6-4 No. R766

Posted by: Russell Newman on Mar 31, 2024 @ 12:03:42
The ex Victorian Railways re-gauged R Class Hudson 4-6-4 R766, has since relocated to Telarah yard in Telarah, New South Wales, Australia, which is the new base for the Picnic Train and their mainline operations in New South Wales. R766 is currently having to boiler work being carried out.

Compania Minera de San Juan 0-4-0T No. 1

Posted by: Matt Mihalo on Mar 30, 2024 @ 22:03:40
This locomotive is nearly identical to a Lima built 18" gauge orchard locomotive used in California.

Sandaoling Coal Mine 2-8-2 No. JS 8197

Posted by: Rex Zhu on Mar 30, 2024 @ 16:03:50
Used for parts.

Industrial 2-8-2 No. SY 1422

Posted by: Rex Zhu on Mar 29, 2024 @ 18:03:27
Dumped on a railway line that is no longer in use.

British Railways 4-6-2 No. 35029 'Ellerman Lines'

Posted by: on Mar 29, 2024 @ 16:03:03
change to display (sectioned)

London & North Eastern Railway 4-6-2 No. 60007 (4498) 'Sir Nigel Gresley'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Mar 28, 2024 @ 16:03:28
The ex LNER A4 Pacific 4-6-2 No. 60007 "Sir Nigel Gresley", has been booked to visit the Bluebell Railway for the very first time to be their staring locomotive at their Giants of Steam Gala from the 11th to 13th of October 2024.

New South Wales Government Railways 4-6-4T No. 3112

Posted by: Russell Newman on Mar 28, 2024 @ 16:03:24
The former New South Wales Government Railways 4-6-4T No. 3112, has since relocated to the Goulburn Roundhouse Museum at Goulburn in New South Wales, Australia, where work is underway to return it to the mainlines of New South Wales, Australia, again.

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

Posted by: Russell Newman on Mar 28, 2024 @ 16:03:01
The ex ex NCB Cannock Wood Colliery Hunslet built Austerity 0-6-0ST Works No. 3839 "Wimblebury", has returned on loan to the Avon Valley Railway for the 2024 season, and will play a key roll during their 50th Anniversary Weekend Celebrations from the 4th to 7th of April 2024, by running as sister Hunslet built Austerity 0-6-0ST "Glendower", for the event to recreate the railway in its early years of preservation the 1970s. The real "Glendower" was based at the Avon Valley Railway in the 1970s, but today is based at the South Devon Railway, where it resides today, currently in storage awaiting overhaul.

London Midland & Scottish Railway 4-6-2 No. 46233 (6233) 'Duchess of Sutherland'

Posted by: JOHN SUTTON on Mar 28, 2024 @ 06:03:54
Look forward to her return,This is my favourite loco and travelled on her various times.Hope she comes to Macclesfield again.All my best wishes and congratulations to all involve her restoration. John.

New York, Susquehana & Western 2-8-2 No. 142

Posted by: Rex Zhu on Mar 28, 2024 @ 05:03:34
Built in 05/1989.

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

Posted by: Doug Bailey, Webmaster on Mar 27, 2024 @ 20:03:03
My apologies, somehow a series of ridiculous posts about the destruction of this locomotive slipped through our moderation process. I am pretty sure that I am at fault in this. The inaccurate notes have been removed.

Deutsche Tiefbau GmbH 0-4-0T No. None

Posted by: Luke on Mar 27, 2024 @ 15:03:33
first, this locomotive is an orenstein and Koppel. Second, it was steamed successfully last week and is now operational.

CFP (Norte) 2-8-2T No. E-143 (103)

Posted by: Doug Bailey, Webmaster on Mar 27, 2024 @ 12:03:25
This locomotive was seen at the shed in Livração by Rob Bishop, a frequent visitor to our site in January, 2024

Hochtief AG 0-4-0T No. Unknown

Posted by: Denis Larrick on Mar 26, 2024 @ 16:03:26
Now safely stored in the back of an Ohio warehouse awaiting restoration. Out of respect for the owner, I will not be more specific.