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Royal Navy 0-4-0ST No. 1 'Rosyth No 1'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 12, 2024 @ 06:02:03
Having worked its final trains at the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway over the last weekend, ex Royal Navy, Andrew Barclay built 0-4-0ST Works No. 1385 "Rosyth No. 1", has now been withdrawn from service having come to the end of its boiler ticket and will soon be going in for overhaul.

CR 2-8-2 No. JS 6500

Posted by: Rex Zhu on Feb 12, 2024 @ 05:02:49
Static display at Guangzhou Railway Museum.

TMB 0-4-0RT No. 4 'Pierre Jansen'

Posted by: Ivo Rutishauser on Feb 11, 2024 @ 16:02:53
correct builder information is: SLM 1991 / 1910

London Midland & Scottish Railway 4-6-0 No. 45690 (5690) 'Leander'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 11, 2024 @ 09:02:15
The final preserved heritage railway that ex LMS Jubilee Class 4-6-0 No. 45690 "Leander", will visit is the Epping Ongar Railway in Essex. Where the locomotive will stay for the remainder of its boiler ticket before withdrawl from service for its overhaul. No. 45690 "Leander", will take part in their new Festival of Steam event, on from the 27th of April to the 12th of May 2024, which No. 45690 will operate alongside the visiting new-build GWR Saint Class 4-6-0 No. 2999 "Lady of Legend", then too. The weekend of May the 11th and 12th, will be the final weekend of "Leander" hauling trains before being withdrawn from service for her overhaul.

British Steel (Shelton Iron, Steel & Coal Company) 0-4-0ST No. 'Hawarden'

Posted by: Steve Frost, European Editor on Feb 10, 2024 @ 12:02:51
Thanks, Russell. What on earth was I thinking!

London Midland & Scottish Railway 4-6-0 No. 45690 (5690) 'Leander'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 9, 2024 @ 15:02:39
The ex LMS Jubilee Class 4-6-0 No. 45690 "Leander", is to visit the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway, in March 2024, before it is withdrawn from service in the Summer. This will be the first time an ex LMS Jubilee Class 4-6-0 has visited the railway since the 1960s, and No. 45690 will be working service trains there on the weekend of 23rd and 24th of March 2024.

SS 2-4-0 No. 13

Posted by: on Feb 9, 2024 @ 01:02:48
The HIJSM line was converted from Broadgauge in 1866. The NRS already converted in 1856. The NCS and SS were from their inceptions in 1863 standerd guage. This has never been an broad gauge locomotive.

NS (HSM) 2-4-0 No. 1010 (89) 'Nestor'

Posted by: on Feb 9, 2024 @ 01:02:14
The history of NS is a bit messy, but the remaining railway companies,SS and HSM fusioned already in 1921 to Nederlandse Spoorwegen. In 1938 this was nationalised as NV Nedrlandse Spoorwegen,but this locomotive did indeed have a NS number 1010 from 1921 until 1935. Before that it was owned by HSM, not SS.

NS (SS) 2-4-0 No. 1326 (326)

Posted by: Reinier ven Belle on Feb 9, 2024 @ 01:02:35
The number and livery as displayed ,326 is of the SS. maaatchappij tot exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen (society for exploitation of state railways) which was nationalised and fusioned into NS in 1921. The engine was in fact used by NS,as no. 1326, until 1940.

DSB 0-6-0T No. F 656

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 8, 2024 @ 15:02:07
This is the history of ex Danish State Railways, (DBS) Frichs built F Class 0-6-0T No. 656 "Tinkerbell". No. 656 was one of 120 such locomotives built over a 51-year span for the predecessors of the present Danish State Railways. They were based on the original design of four F Class tender locomotives which had been supplied to the State Railways of Jutland-Funen, Denmark, by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns of Newcastle-on-Tyne, in 1873 and which themselves, later converted to tank locomotives, remained in service until the late 1930s. Following the devastation of the Second World War, there was an urgent need by Danish State Railways for shunting locomotives. Once again Busse’s long-established "F" design was called upon and a further 15 such locomotives built, including No. 656, were built in Denmark in 1949 by Frichs, Aarhus. These post-war F Class locomotives were still built basically to Busse’s original drawings, but were fitted with stronger buffers and buffer beams and larger coal bunkers. They are alleged to have cost 105,000 Danish kroner each, equivalent to £5,500 in 1949 money, to manufacture. Of the 120 Class F locomotives built, 13 remain in preservation today, the oldest being an 1899 Italian-built locomotive and of these it is believed that about 6 are in working order, No. 656 being one of them. During its DSB working life, No. 656 was allocated to Nyborg, Hensel Frederiria and Esbjerg Depots. Although no specific record of its duties exists, it is reasonable to assume that No. 656 continued in the "traditional" role of shunting, light goods and passenger train working and with the remaining railway ferry duties, before being withdrawn from regular service and placed in store at Aarhus Depot. From Aarhus, No. 656 was purchased privately for preservation in the UK, for around 17,000 kroner and transported to Peterborough in 1975. The locomotive was steamed for the first time in the UK in 1976 and after the formal opening of the Nene Valley Railway in 1977 saw regular use on the lighter off-peak trains. As the locomotive is fitted with a bell, it became affectionately known by NVR members as "Tinkerbell". Like all Danish locomotives No. 656 carries the colours of the Danish flag around its chimney. Its antique appearance has made it a favourite with film makers and it has appeared in several sequences including one in "Secret Army" where the locomotive and its train were "shot up" by an RAF Mosquito aircraft. In 1985 No. 656’s owner, Richard Hurlock, sold the locomotive to John Snasdell, but the locomotive was taken out of traffic in 1986 with a failed firebox and placed in store pending availability of resources for a complete rebuild. In late 2002 the decision was taken by the NVR Board to bring the locomotive back into service and to follow a parallel dismantle/rebuild schedule along with Swedish 2-6-2T No. 1178. Systematic dismantling work began on No. 656 in the winter of 2003/4. In 2004 No. 656 Tinkerbell was generously donated to NVR. Dismantling No. 656 was complete by the end of 2005. It had been discovered during dismantling that on its previous overhaul 656’s injector feed pipes had been incorrectly assembled, preventing water drawn from the full tank depth. This explained the loco’s reputation for rapidly running short of water! The loco had had an extremely thorough and comprehensive overhaul both mechanically boiler wise and should see the railway good for many years to come!

British Steel (Shelton Iron, Steel & Coal Company) 0-4-0ST No. 'Hawarden'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 8, 2024 @ 13:02:42
To note that the Middleton Railway, is in Yorkshire, not Lancashire sorry.

BSC Corby 0-6-0ST No. 14

Posted by: Mike Murray on Feb 8, 2024 @ 04:02:26
FoSL14 (Friends of Stewarts & Lloyds No.14) has been working to restore this engine. The project is, as of 2024, submitting bids for funding to enable the work to be completed.

Glasgow Corporation Gasworks 0-4-0T No. 8 'Dougal'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 7, 2024 @ 14:02:01
The ex Glasgow Corporation Gasworks, Andrew Barclay built 0-4-0T (Works No. 2207) No. 8 "Dougal", is now located at the Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway at Sittingbourne in Kent, where it is on loan to them for four years and under overhaul there.

Airservice Construction Corps 0-4-0WT No. 6 'Douglas'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 7, 2024 @ 14:02:14
The ex Airservice Construction Corps, Andrew Barclay built 0-4-0WT No. 6 "Douglas", has now been withdrawn from service following the end of its boiler ticket. "Douglas" will be out of traffic for two years, the first of which will be spent in dry storage in order to help resolve a conflict of 10-year boiler examinations which currently exists across the locomotive fleet at the Talyllyn Railway, before a full overhaul can begin.

Angola Sugar 0-4-2T No. 'Gazengo'

Posted by: Ruediger Fach on Feb 7, 2024 @ 07:02:39
Given back to Germany 2024 and on dispaly now at Frankfurter Feldbahnmuseum e.V. and to return into service soon.

Ferrocarril de Tacubaya 0-4-0T No. 1

Posted by: Ruediger Fach on Feb 7, 2024 @ 07:02:11
Locomotive sold to Germany 2023 by Ross machine factory/Mexico City and arrived in Jan. 2024 at the Frankfurter Feldbahnmuseum e.V. and will return into service around 2026/2027.

Changzhi Iron and Steelworks 2-8-2 No. JS 8356

Posted by: Rex Zhu on Feb 6, 2024 @ 16:02:01
Placed in the north yard of Zhengzhou Railway Bureau as a static display.

Northern Gas Board 0-4-0ST No. 1

Posted by: Matt on Feb 6, 2024 @ 08:02:22
Steam Loco is out of service and stored at Wallingford. An issue was discovered whilst on testing on arrival at Wallingford and needs work on the boiler. Loco is currently sat in the siding covered up, Waiting for Darlington to have space, time and funds to complete the work.

Changzhi Iron and Steelworks 2-8-2 No. JS 8356

Posted by: Rex Zhu on Feb 6, 2024 @ 07:02:39
Placed in the north yard of Zhengzhou Railway Bureau as a static display.

Shijiazhuang Local Railway 2-10-2 No. QJ 6887

Posted by: Rex Zhu on Feb 6, 2024 @ 07:02:56
Bought by a train reseller.

Shijiazhuang Local Railway 2-10-2 No. QJ 6391

Posted by: Rex Zhu on Feb 6, 2024 @ 07:02:13
Bought by a train reseller.

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

Posted by: Dale W Fickés on Feb 6, 2024 @ 06:02:46
The full name of the employer of this locomotive in the then Cardiff Docks area (upon closure in 1978 was GKN (Guest Keen and Nettlefold), East Moors Steelworks, Cardiff. However, as observed in my 1968 Album photograph taken in nearby Splott Park, the locomotive had aleady been destined for preservation.

Sumter & Choctaw RR 2-8-2 No. 102

Posted by: Steven Solway on Feb 6, 2024 @ 24:02:01
S&C 102 FAKE "tender" is disguised and built from G.E. 45 Tonner from the EAST TROY ELECTRIC RR AND TROLLEY MUSEUM west of Milwaukee. G.E. 45t Number 3, was rebuilt in the former G.B.&W. RR.Shop in Norwood Yards Roundhouse near S. Ashland Ave., but razed and Destroyed in 2001A.D. Sadly, Fake 102 contains many, many defects that have failed ever since it returned to NRRM in 1988, with the Front Coupler Missing but welded to the rear of lico 102 to couple to G.E. 45T 3. And the 2 diesels in the Fake tender are very old and worn out, and prone to frequent breakdowns at the worst possible times. From: Steven Solway; former employee and Official Tour Guide from 1984 to 1989.

Southwest Forest Industries 2-6-6-2 No. 12

Posted by: Alex Schneider on Feb 6, 2024 @ 24:02:53
This is a 2-6-6-2 tender engine, not a 2-6-6-2T tank engine.

Penrhyn Slate Quarry 0-4-0T No. 'Winifred'

Posted by: on Feb 5, 2024 @ 17:02:38
please change status to operational

Betton Grange Locomotive Society 4-6-0 No. 6880 'Betton Grange'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 5, 2024 @ 14:02:02
One of the other preserved railways that new-build GWR Grange Class 4-6-0 No. 6880 "Betton Grange", will be visiting will be the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, where it will be the star locomotive at their Cotswold Festival of Steam from the 25th to 27th May 2024. This will also be the first time since a GWR Grange Class 4-6-0 has worked over the ex-GWR mainline in almost 60 years since the last of the original class was scrapped in the 1960s.

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

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 5, 2024 @ 14:02:17
Now in the last stages of her overhaul, the ex Eastmoors Steelworks, Hunslet built 48150 Class 0-6-0ST No. 18 "Jessie", has been moved to her owners private shed at Barry Island, Glamorgan in South Wales, for final completion before returning home to the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway to return to service for the 2024 season.

Thessalian Railways 0-4-0T No. 7 'Lilly'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 5, 2024 @ 14:02:24
The former Thessalian Railways, Decauville built 0-4-0T (Works No. 648) No. 7 "Lilly", will be visiting the Ffestiniog Railway for the their AGM.

Hacienda Monterrico Grande 0-4-0T No. Unknown

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 5, 2024 @ 14:02:14
The former Hacienda Monterrico Grande, 1885 Couillet built 0-4-0T Works No. 810, named "Chuquitanta", will be visiting the Ffestiniog Railway for the their AGM.

British Steel (Shelton Iron, Steel & Coal Company) 0-4-0ST No. 'Hawarden'

Posted by: Russell Newman on Feb 5, 2024 @ 14:02:43
The former British Steel, Shelton, 1899 Hudswell Clark built 0-4-0ST Works No. 526 "Hawarden", is now located at its new home at the Middleton Railway at Leeds in Yorkshire, where it is having some cosmetic work carried out before going on display.