Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway 2-6-2 No. 24
Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, UK 		Location: Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway
Status: Operational
Posted: Apr 30, 2025 @ 13:04:46 by Russell Newman
With its overhaul all completed and now fully tested and painted, the Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway’s 1990 Fairbourne built 15inch gauge American style 2-6-2 No. 24, will be making its debut back into traffic at the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway during their 150th Anniversary Gala from the 3rd to 5th of May 2025. After the Gala the locomotive will return home to the Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway at Cleethorpes in Lincolnshire to haul trains during the 2025 running season.
Posted: Feb 25, 2025 @ 12:02:33 by Russell Newman
The Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway’s 1990 Fairbourne built 15inch gauge American style 2-6-2 No. 24, has passed its steam test and the locomotive is now operational again and will be moved to the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway for testing and running-in trials before returning home to the Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway.
Posted: Jan 22, 2022 @ 09:01:05 by Russell Newman
The Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway’s 1990 Fairbourne built American style 2-6-2 No. 24 has been moved to John Fowler Engineering at Bouth in Cumbria for a full overhaul and rebuild with the aim of completing the locomotive in 2023, in time for the Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway’s 75th Anniversary.