UPDATED 18.02.25 Book the date in your diary - Saturday May 10, 2025 Annual General Meeting in the Marquee at Quorn station, Great...

D9015 More progress today with a small team on various jobs. Work on reattaching the speedo was started & window washers were tested. A...

A team of volunteers kindly gave up 3 extra days of their time to focus on several projects at the Depot. What a great time it was,...

55009 . Following some minor body work being undertaken by Sheaf Engineering, work started on rubbing it down, a small applications of...

Join us at the Great Central Railway on Friday 23rd May to experience 96 miles of Deltic haulage into the late Spring evening with our...

DEPOT. Due to a requirement for extra space for a project, space was created on one of the half roads, and the stores items which were...

****THIS IS NOW SOLD OUT****Due to the extremely high demand for this event the GCR have kindly offered 4 more days into the calendar for...

15/2/25. Following the announcement yesterday that all three of the DPS Deltics are going to be attending the Greatest Gathering at Derby...

D9015 PIC BY NIGEL JULIAN We’re thrilled to announce our next exhibit as THREE Class 55’s courtesy of Deltic Preservation Society will be...

DEPOT. Work recommenced on sorting the stores, some real progress is now being seen, and it is starting to become easier to work as...

Another two-day report and a busy one for the Volunteers present. Power Units. The phasing case from 423 was eventually split from the...

Many of you may be aware Compact Orbital Gears recently found an issue with two of the bearings in the Phasing Case of power unit 430...

Today saw another great turnout of volunteers continuing with tasks on the locos, power units and around the depot. Locomotives: 55009 —...

Our DPS Model Show returns for 2025! Come and join us in a world of model railways on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th July. With a wide...

In the past two years, membership total for the DPS has been steadily climbing and last year reached 1,000. It is currently 1,083. This...

It was my pleasure this weekend on one of those rare occasions that I had both days free to cover the Responsible Officer's role. This...

The Deltic Preservation Society (DPS) are delighted to announce that Nigel Julian and Alex Stojanovic have agreed to become our Social...

Firstly a Big Thank You to all those volunteers who turned up this weekend in sub zero temperatures, it was minus 7 deg on arrival on...

UPDATE ON PHASING CASE 430, or 428 as it was found to be. Photos by Tom Sharp showing the Case whilst work in progress. We have this week...

Six hardy volunteers made up the first working party of 2025 today at a particularly bracing Barrow Hill. The two electricians had a good...