British Railways 2-6-0 No. 46464
Aviemore, Highland, UK 		Location: Strathspey Railway
Status: Operational
Posted: Jun 12, 2024 @ 14:06:21 by Russell Newman
Now fully painted in BR Lined Black livery, BR built LMS Ivatt Class 2MT 2-6-0 No. 46464, is almost ready to enter service at the Strathspey Railway hauling trains again in time for the summer season.
Posted: Apr 16, 2024 @ 12:04:30 by Russell Newman
After over 24 years of restoration, BR built LMS Ivatt Class 2MT 2-6-0 No. 46464, underwent another steam test for the boiler inspector and passed with flying colours and No. 46464 is operational again for the first time in 44 years. The locomotive will begin testing and running trials before entering service.
Posted: Apr 12, 2024 @ 14:04:01 by Russell Newman
The BR built LMS Ivatt Class 2MT 2-6-0 No. 46464, has steamed and moved for the first time since the late 1970s. No. 46464 will soon be undergoing testing and running in trials before painting and entering service at the Strathspey Railway soon.
Posted: Apr 15, 2022 @ 07:04:11 by Russell Newman
The boiler of BR built LMS Ivatt Class 2MT 2-6-0 No. 46464 was steamed for the first time in 43 years and passed a successful steam test at Northern Steam Engineering with flying colours. This is a big milestone for the locomotive as its now reached the final stages of restoration to return it to service again.
Posted: Jul 28, 2021 @ 12:07:44 by Russell Newman
With the work now completed on LMS Black Five No. 5025 work on getting BR built LMS Ivatt Class 2MT 2-6-0 No. 46464 back into steam again has been rampted up at Aviemore shed as the mainframes of the locomotive have been placed back on its driving wheels with more progress to come.
Posted: Feb 20, 2020 @ 14:02:34 by Russell Newman
The BR built LMS Ivatt Class 2MT 2-6-0 No. 46464 has now arrived at the Strathspey Railway at Aviemore in Inverness-Shire where the locomotive is now located and under restoration to be part of the Strathspey Railway’s running fleet.
Posted: Nov 20, 2019 @ 12:11:26 by Russell Newman
Some wonderful news has come for the ex BR built LMS Ivatt Class 2MT 2-6-0 No. 46464 as its owners the Carmyllie Pilot Company and the Strathspey Railway Company have agreed a deal that will see the locomotive relocate to the Strathspey Railway at Aviemore in Inverness-Shire it will now be based for the foreseeable future and will see the completion of its long-term overhaul. On completion of the overhaul the locomotive will operate at the Strathspey Railway as part of their running fleet but will also be made available for visits to other preserved railways around the UK.
Posted: Apr 21, 2007 @ 13:04:54 by Steve Frost
Just another of Ivatt's small moguls to the LMS design? If you are churlish, you might agree, but this one's got Scotland in its bones (frames?). It spent much of its working life allocated to Dundee Tay Bridge shed, but was outstationed at Arbroath, where it was used as the regular loco on the Carmyllie branch. This was formerly the Elliot Junction and Carmyllie Light Railway which was built initially to serve quarries at Carmyllie. 46464 worked the branch on freight (passenger services didn't last beyond 1929) and the occasional enthusiast's special, tackling the fierce gradients (up to 2.8%). It received the nickname 'The Carmyllie Pilot' because of its long associatiion with the branch and its current owners are 'The Carmyllie Pilot Company'.
Posted: Mar 20, 2004 @ 10:03:13 by Robin Taylor
Empty weight (including tender)is 63 tons Weight on drivers is around 13.5 tons (varies from axle to axle) Driver Diameter is 5ft 0in Tractive effort is 17,400lb Boiler Pressure is 200psi No. of Cylinders is 2 Status is under restoration There is no connection between this engine and the Caledonian Railway I can let you have a better photo if you want one