Prev You are viewing Note 3523 through 3552 of 30955 Next Sandaoling Coal Mine 2-8-2 No. JS 8225 Posted by: Rex Zhu on Mar 1, 2024 @ 15:03:41 JS8077 JS8089 JS8167 JS8195 JS8225 JS8366 will be preserved, JS8080 and JS8314 will be used for parts. Sandaoling Coal Mine 2-8-2 No. JS 8225 Posted by: Rex Zhu on Mar 1, 2024 @ 04:03:41 Towed to the main depot of the mine for repainting on Feb 28, 2024. Sandaoling Coal Mine 2-8-2 No. JS 8167 Posted by: Rex Zhu on Mar 1, 2024 @ 04:03:08 JS 8167 and JS 8225 are now being repainted. Cyprus Mines Corp. 0-8-2T No. 4 Posted by: Paul Corrie on Feb 29, 2024 @ 13:02:25 Cyprus Mines Corp. 0-8-2T No. 4 is relocated this now stands on the old embankment from the xeros mine to the Karavostasi unloading jetty note off my web site more detailed explanation Ive been after going to Northern Cyprus for the last few years and reading several accounts of locos standing over in the Turkish occupied sector i finally got there this year....Bucket list requirements !. Needless to say some are easy to located others needed a second attempt, the road signs can be a bit confusing more so in Turkish So on the Gemikonagki road to Lefke opposite the roundabout just off the Huseyin Paterson Cd. Baldwin CMC No4 or whats left of the number stands along with 3 ore wagons on the old former cmc embankment alignment. this loco is in a poor condition but surprisingly in better condition than the one at Morphu given its stood out in the elements since 1974 Cyprus Mines Corp. 2-8-2ST No. 3 Posted by: Paul Corrie on Feb 29, 2024 @ 13:02:14 Cyprus Mines Corp. 2-8-2ST No. 3 Guzelyurt, Cyprus is now relocated and plynthed by what was the old railway station at Guzelyhurt location is Dr Fazil Küçük Bulvari, Güzelyurt 99700 FCI (NdeM) 2-8-0 No. 67 Posted by: Steve Frost, European Editor on Feb 29, 2024 @ 12:02:59 The lettering on the tender reads F C I, not T C I. London Midland & Scottish Railway 4-6-2 No. 46201 (6201) 'Princess Elizabeth' Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 29, 2024 @ 12:02:05 An assessment for the overhaul on ex LMS Princess Royal Class Pacific 4-6-2 No. 6201 "Princess Elizabeth", has begun at Carnforth. The locomotive is in the workshops of West Coast Railway Company, at Carnforth being stripped down for a full assessment, with costings for the forthcoming thorough overhaul where everything will be looked at to ensure that No. 6201 is fit for use in the long term. The Princess Elizabeth Society, owners of No. 6201, will really need help with raising the required funds while the assessment continues, which details to donate can be found on their website and socile media pages. Sandaoling Coal Mine 2-8-2 No. JS 8077 (JS 8118) Posted by: Rex Zhu on Feb 28, 2024 @ 05:02:10 Moved to the south garage with JS8080. Sandaoling Coal Mine 2-8-2 No. JS 8167 Posted by: Rex Zhu on Feb 28, 2024 @ 03:02:45 Latest news: The coal mine plan to overhaul 6 locomotives to dynamic display, including 8167(it just changed a driver cabin, not scrapped). Sandaoling Coal Mine 2-8-2 No. JS 8167 Posted by: Rex Zhu on Feb 28, 2024 @ 03:02:37 Latest news: The coal mine plan to overhaul 6 locomotives to dynamic display, including 8167(it just changed a driver cabin, not scrapped). OSE 2-6-0T No. Zs7.539 Displayed as 7.535 Posted by: Julia Rebekka Carlsen on Feb 27, 2024 @ 07:02:24 Dear all, I have a photo of the Train Zs7535 which my Father took in the 1970s when he was travelling to Greece. It was already then out of commission. FCI (NdeM) 2-8-0 No. 67 Posted by: Paul Zeigler on Feb 26, 2024 @ 18:02:00 No. 67 "T.C.I." ("T.C.I." on the tender is featured in movie "Magnificent Seven around 30:55 - 33:30 with a string of stock cars behind it. It is hard to tell if it was actually under steam in the movie. This classic Yule Brenner movie was filmed in 1960. Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd 0-6-0ST No. 31 Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 26, 2024 @ 14:02:55 The ex Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd Hudswell Clark built 0-6-0ST (Works No. 1026) No. 31, is currently located at Didcot Railway Centre in Bershire, where it is undergoing its overhaul which is being contracted for Fawley Hill by them. Northern Gas Board 0-4-0ST No. 1 Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 26, 2024 @ 14:02:58 The ex Northern Gas Board Peckett built W7 Class 0-4-0ST Works No. 2142 "Northern Gas Board No. 1", has left the Cholsey and Wallingford Railway and is returning home to her owners the Darlington Railway Preservation Society, at their new base in the new Whessoe Road Engine Shed, at Darlington in Durham, for some repairs. Betton Grange Locomotive Society 4-6-0 No. 6880 'Betton Grange' Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 26, 2024 @ 14:02:25 Now almost ready and some final paint work needed before testing, new-build GWR Grange Class 4-6-0 No. 6880 "Betton Grange", is set to haul its first public trains and enter into service at the Severn Valley Railway, during their Spring Steam Gala from the 18th to 21st of April 2024. CR 2-10-2 No. QJ 7038 Posted by: Dale W Fickés on Feb 26, 2024 @ 04:02:45 please move to display or stored unoperational (boiler expired) along with QJ No. 7119. Worcester County Electric Co. 0-4-0T No. 1 Posted by: Luke on Feb 25, 2024 @ 18:02:09 on display with a speeder, a whitcomb engine, a GE enigine and two flatcars British Railways 2-10-0 No. 92214 Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 25, 2024 @ 15:02:06 Having worked its final trains at the Great Central Railway over the weekend, BR Standard 9F 2-10-0 No. 92214, has now been withdrawn from service, having come to the end of its current 10 year boiler ticket and is now awaiting its next overhaul. Great Western Railway 4-4-0 No. 9017 (3217) 'Earl of Berkeley' Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 25, 2024 @ 14:02:05 It has been announced that the Vale of Rheidol Railway has signed an agreement with the Bluebell Railway to loan the sole surviving ex GWR Dukedog 4-4-0 No. 9017 "Earl of Berkeley", to visit on loan to them for display in their new museum in the former Great Western Railway locomotive shed at Aberystwyth. This is a bit of a home coming for No. 9017 being built in 1938 at Swindon Works had spent its working life hauling trains on the Cambrian Line in Wales and remained in use until the 1950s as it was light enough to work trains over Barmouth Bridge and would have been shedded at Aberystwyth during her service days with both the Great Western Railway and British Railways, the very shed that it would have been based in and worked out of in the 1950s. The locomotive and other exhibits will be available to view when the museum opens from the 23rd March 2024. No. 9017 "Earl of Berkeley", will remain at the Vale of Rheidol Railway on loan until its time for another overhaul at its home at the Bluebell Railway comes. DSB 0-6-0T No. F 665 Posted by: Dale W Fickés on Feb 25, 2024 @ 04:02:21 Locomotive operational after trial run, following overhaul, on 25 November 2023. It now joins sister locomotive No. F 658. Ellis and Burnand Climax - 2 truck No. 1650 Posted by: Jfindlay on Feb 24, 2024 @ 01:02:00 Climax 1650 is nearing completion of its current overhaul it should be operational by 2025 or 2026 but it still needs new paint and pipework to be done. CR 2-10-2 No. QJ 7119 Posted by: Rex Zhu on Feb 23, 2024 @ 22:02:39 QJ7119 and QJ7038 are stored in the open outside the Daban Locomotive depot of Jitong Railway, and the surface of the body is rusty. British Railways 4-6-2 No. 34081 '92 Squadron' Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 22, 2024 @ 13:02:13 Having been out of traffic for some repairs carried out on the boiler and firebox, ex Southern Railway Bulleid Battle of Britain Class Light Pacific No. 34081 "92 Squadron", underwent a steam test and successfully passed. The locomotive will now have a new brick arch fitted in the firebox before returning to service again at the Nene Valley Railway. Southern Railway 4-6-2 No. 34053 (21C153) 'Sir Keith Park' Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 22, 2024 @ 13:02:57 The ex Southern Railway rebuilt Bulleid Battle of Britain Class Light Pacific No. 34053 "Sir Keith Park", has arrived back at Southern Locomotives Ltd’s workshop at Herston next to the Swanage Railway in Dorset, for final work and completion of her overhaul. IR 2-8-2 No. 718 Posted by: on Feb 21, 2024 @ 13:02:24 this locomotive was built by Nippon in 1952 Great Western Society 4-6-0 No. 2999 'Lady of Legend' (4942 'Maindy Hall') Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 21, 2024 @ 06:02:56 It has been announced that new-build GWR Saint Class 4-6-0 No. 2999 "Lady of Legend", will be visiting the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway for their Cotswold Festival of Steam from the 25th to 27th May 2024. A1 Steam Locomotive Trust (LNER design) 4-6-2 No. 60163 'Tornado' Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 21, 2024 @ 06:02:13 New-build LNER (Peppercorn designed) A1 Class Pacific No. 60163 "Tornado", will be undertaking some special test runs on part of the Cambrian Line, between Shrewsbury in Shropshire, and Newtown in Powys, Mid Wales, to test the new ETCS (European Train Control System) fitted to the locomotive for future mainline running, as part of the East Coast Digital Programme. The ECDP will see the digital signalling system installed on southern sections of the East Coast Main Line out of London, Kings Cross to Peterborough. No. 60163 is the first steam locomotive in the world to be fitted with ETCS digital signalling equipment, paving the way for future mainline running of steam on Network Rail in the coming years ahead. Great Western Society 4-6-0 No. 2999 'Lady of Legend' (4942 'Maindy Hall') Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 19, 2024 @ 13:02:30 The new-build GWR Saint Class 4-6-0 No. 2999 "Lady of Legend", will be visiting the East Somerset Railway for their 50th Anniversary Gala weekend on the 16th and 17th of March 2024, in the place of new-build GWR Grange Class 4-6-0 No. 6880 "Betton Grange", which is sadly not ready yet. Betton Grange Locomotive Society 4-6-0 No. 6880 'Betton Grange' Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 19, 2024 @ 13:02:13 Sadly, new-build GWR Grange Class 4-6-0 No. 6880 "Betton Grange", is now unable to visit the East Somerset Railway for their 50th Anniversary Gala, as the locomotive is not yet ready for its very first steamings and tests yet still. Bowaters Paper Mills 0-4-2ST No. 'Leader' Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 19, 2024 @ 06:02:37 The ex Bowaters Paper Mills Kerr Stuart & Co. built Brazil Class 0-4-2ST Works No. 926 "Leader", will be leaving the Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway, as it is to relocated to the One:One Collection (Locomotive Storage Ltd.) at Margate in Kent, for safe undercover storage and display there. As the Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway, has limited undercover storage for its locos and as the 1905-built Brazil class locomotive is expected to be out of service for some time, retiring to the seaside is the best option, until such time it can return for overhaul. But in the mean time "Leader" will be reunited with former Bowaters workmate ‘Pioneer the Second’ which is now known as the Bluebell Railway’s former South Eastern & Chatham Railway P Class 0-6-0T No.178 which is also moving to Margate too as well.

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