Overhauls, restorations and running notes

03145 – Moreton Park: A replacement dynamo had been sourced for 03145 and once fitted, it allowed the loaned dynamo to be returned to D2302. As usual, 03145 was regularly used for shunting and transfe

Pick up the phone, call your local railway, offer to volunteer, and it could be the start of a whole new adventure, says ALEX ALDER. You might even go the whole hog and buy an engine…

While several locomotives with Somerset & Dorset links have survived into preservation, two of the line’s biggest survivors, ‘7Fs’ Nos. 53808 and 53809 will be missing this anniversary due to overhauls.

‘Dean Goods’ No. 2513 is Britain’s latest new-build project, but far from being another pieinthe-sky scheme, this project stands a very good chance of delivering on its promises, as THOMAS BRIGHT explains.

FOUR FIRELESS locomotives previously under the threat of ...