British Railways Class 08 diesel No. 08784
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This locomotive was built by British Railways at their Derby Works . It entered service (numbered as D3952) on 23 April 1960. Renumbered 08784 in 1974, she passed into English, Welsh and Scottish Railway (EWS) when British Rail was priviatised in the 1990s. 08784 was sold into preservation on 2 December 2016 and is now owned by the English Electric Preservation Group and can normally be found on the Great Central Railway (Nottingham).
ON HIRE for Polar ExpressTM trains and the Gronk Winter Running Day on 29th December 2024. Arrived 12 November 2024 and left on 30 January 2025. Owned by English Electric Preservation Group |
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Class 108 DMU Motor Composite Lavatory DMCL No 52062 From 1958 to 1961 Derby Works built over three hundred and thirty units, eventually classified as 108.
Our set is made up of DMBS 51950 and DMCL 52062 which were withdrawn together as a pair in 1991 and were preserved at the Gloucester and Warickshire Railway. When purchased by the current owners, they were relocated to Telford Steam Railway for extensive restoration and return to service. The units are currently painted in BR Chocolate and Cream livery, similar to a number of DMUs that were so painted in 1985 by British Rail to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the formation of the Great Western Railway SOLD 2024 Privately Owned |
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Class 108 DMU Motor Brake Second DMBS no 51950
From 1958 to 1961 Derby Works built over three hundred and thirty units, eventually classified as 108.
Our set is made up of DMBS 51950 and DMCL 52062 which were withdrawn together as a pair in 1991 and were preserved at the Gloucester and Warickshire Railway. When purchased by the current owners, they were relocated to Telford Steam Railway for extensive restoration and return to service. The units are currently painted in BR Chocolate and Cream livery, similar to a number of DMUs that were so painted in 1985 by British Rail to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the formation of the Great Western Railway. SOLD 2024 Privately Owned |
British Railways Class 09 diesel 09107
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09107 was built at Horwich Works and entered British Railways service on 2 May 1961. Originally allocated to Laira, it also spent time at Swindon, St Blazey, Penzance, Brostol Bath Road, Ebbw Junction and Eastleigh. It was renumbered from its pre-TOPS number of D4013 to 08845 on 31 December 1973. It was stored in September 1992, reinstated the following March and stored again in the May, before being rebuilt and renumbered as 09107 on 23 July 1993. It was withdrawn on 31 May 2011 and sold to European Metal Reprocessing, Kingsbury on 14 September 2011.
09107 arrived on the Severn Valley Railway on 15 June 2017 for restoration by a small group of dedicated volunteers at the diesel depot. It arrived on hire at Telford Steam Railway in November 2023 to assist with our Polar ExpressTM trains RETURNED TO SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY 16 January 2024. |
Barclay 0-4-0 Fireless No. 1944
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This locomotive was built by Andrew Barclay in 1927 and delivered new to the Carrow Works of J & J Coleman . It was given the name Gamma.
It was a fireless locomotive which means that it had a steam accumulator rather than a boiler and was charged up with steam from a stationary boiler. It also meant that there was no chance of it starting a fire. More information available here SOLD 2023 and has now left site |
British Railways Class 08 Diesel 08511
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Originally built in 1958 as D3673, 08511 arrived at the railway at short notice in December 2022 from our friends at RSS. She helped to haul our Polar ExpressTM trains after both our resident diesels had failed.
08511 left the railway in January 2023 |
Andrew Barclay 0-6-0ST works No. 2138 "Swordfish"
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Originally built in 1941 by Andrew Barclay, Swordfish was hired for our 2022 Polar ExpressTM season, arriving at the railway in November 2022. She performed faultlessly throughout, and was very popular with our steam crews.
Swordfish left the railway in January 2023 |
