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Depot Report - Friday 1st & Saturday 2nd November 2024
55009. Various areas of the loco's bodywork have been identified as showing signs of corrosion and preparations for repair work are...
Nov 3, 20241 min read
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Depot Report - Saturday 26th October 2024
Both 55009 & 55015 had been shunted out during the week to enable running tests to be carried out; well, that was the plan! D9015. The...
Oct 28, 20241 min read
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Depot Report - Saturday 19th October 2024
Photo: Alex Stojanovic 55009 The loco batteries were put on charge to enable the NR Safety Systems, TPWS, GSMR, OTMR, to be checked. See...
Oct 21, 20242 min read
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A Christmas Deltic
A Christmas Deltic Ride! Your Christmas wishes have come true! 55019 will be running at the Great Central Railway on 28th December 2024....
Oct 17, 20242 min read
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DEPOT REPORT FOR WEDNESDAY 2nd OCTOBER & SATURDAY 5th OCTOBER.
Wednesday 2nd Oct was a very busy day with lots of different sub groups working towards their own goals. The Delectricians were again...
Oct 6, 20243 min read
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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...
Sep 21, 20242 min read
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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...
Sep 20, 20241 min read
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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...
Sep 19, 20241 min read
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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...
Sep 10, 20241 min read
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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...
Aug 31, 20241 min read
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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...
Aug 26, 20242 min read
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55019 at the Great Central Railway. Please note that the 11:45 Freight train Saturday 24th and 11:10 Sunday 25th are now both Passenger Trains going to Leicester North and return.
pic by Graham Nuthall
Aug 21, 20241 min read
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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!...
Aug 15, 20241 min read
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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 &...
Aug 13, 20241 min read
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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...
Jul 30, 20241 min read
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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...
Jul 30, 20242 min read
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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...
Jul 28, 20242 min read
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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...
Jul 24, 20241 min read
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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...
Jul 20, 20241 min read
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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...
Jul 19, 20242 min read
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