Forthcoming Events
UPDATED 15.07.24 55019 to visit Great Central Railway The DPS is pleased to announce that a deal has been reached with the Great Central...
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Sep 212 min
Depot Report - Saturday 21st September 2024
55009 The loco batteries were charged. D9015 Progress today was mostly electrical. Following on from being moved out of the stores last...
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Sep 201 min
Depot Report - September 14th 2024
Varnish applied to D9015 Tulyar Recently, D9015 has been professionally varnished and, with the exception of No.2 end nose, this stage of...
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Sep 191 min
55019 at the Great Central Railway
55019 will be out working at the GCR on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th September, possibly the last workings this but yet to be confirmed...
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Sep 101 min
DPS SALES STAND AT THE LEIGH MODEL RAILWAY EVENT 14/15TH SEPTEMBER
ARE YOU A MEMBER, THEN CAN YOU HELP? We have been offered and taken a cancellation slot at the above event, are you available to come...
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Aug 311 min
Depot Report - 31st August 2024
D9015 First job for today was Tulyar being shunted inside for us by our neighbours HNRC ready for completion of the paint job over the...
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Aug 262 min
Depot Report - 24th August 2024
It was a busy day at Barrow Hill today with work spread across various areas and meet ‘n greet. 55009. Some areas of the paintwork are...
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Aug 151 min
55019 DRIVE A DELTIC EXPERIENCE DAYS....NOW ON SALE.
55019 has successfully passed her GCR Acceptance Fitness To Run Exam. Footplate experiences are now available, so grab them quickly!...
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Aug 131 min
55019 at the Great Central Railway.....STOP PRESS FOOTPLATE EXPERIENCE PLACES NOW ON SALE SUCCESSFUL TEST RUN COMPLETED TODAY, 14th.
For the first time in 2024, 55019 will be working her first services at the Great Central Railway with her new coat of paint on 24th &...
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Jul 301 min
Public Start Up of D9015 Saturday 3rd August.
STOP! You really don’t want to miss this…. After 27 years, countless hours spent, many sleepless nights, we are…. finally, over the moon...
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Jul 302 min
Depot Report - 30th July 2024
55019. The loco was made ready for the move to the GCR planned for Monday 5th August and then it was shunted round the site by the...
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Jul 282 min
DEPOT REPORT SATURDAY 27th JULY
D9015. Saturday 27th July saw a very big step forward when following further checks on the electrical circuits on D9015 and prepping both...
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Jul 241 min
55019 Footplate Experience dates at the Great Central Railway
I can now confirm that 55019 will be working Footplate Experience (DATEX) dates on the following days. Friday 13th September and Friday...
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Jul 211 min
DEPOT REPORT SATURDAY 20th JULY
D9015. One of the cab sliding door had some remedial attention to a sticking door lock and the wood trim under the cab step insert was...
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Jul 192 min
UPDATE ON 55019 AND VISIT TO GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY.
55019 has come to the conclusion of its period of renovation. Over the past 20 months there has been many different areas of work ranging...
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Jul 112 min
DEPOT REPORT FOR WEDNESDAY 10th JULY
DEPOT A few more tasks were carried out in clearing away pallets into the stores to free up more room for this weekend's Model Rail...
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Jul 91 min
DPS SUMMER PRIZE DRAW
The DPS Summer Raffle was drawn on Sunday July 14 during the Model Show at the DPS Depot, Barrow Hill. The winning numbers are: 1st prize...
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Jul 72 min
DEPOT REPORT FOR SATURDAY 6th JULY 2024
Another good turn out with activity spread across 15, 19 and a bit on 9 and sorting the Depot for next weekend's Model Rail Event. Please...
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Jun 302 min
DEPOT REPORT SATURDAY 29TH JUNE
Yet again, another most productive day with lots achieved. During the morning session the majority of the Engineering Team attended the...
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