A date for your diary. Sunday June 7th 2026. Join us for a day behind 55009 Alycidon on the Severn Valley Railway and enjoy 3 round trips from Kidderminster to Bridgenorth. Tickets available online, from the sales stand, or on the day. Members £22 https://www.thedps.co.uk/product-page/dps-member-ticket Non members £30 https://www.thedps.co.uk/product-page/non-member-ticket Why not join the DPS and save yourself £8 on this charter and you’ll also be ready for the initial launc

A major milestone is achieved for D9015 Tulyar today as the loco is departing Barrow Hill and being moved to the GCR by our friends from Allelys Heavy Haulage. It will be unloaded at Quorn this afternoon and then taken up to the depot at Loughborough. First appointment for Tulyar is for it to be on static display outside the shed at the diesel gala this coming Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The loco will be open for cab visits. Various members of the team closely involved with

The Deltic Preservation Society,in conjunction with our friends at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, are pleased to announce that 55009 Alycidon will be one of the star guests at the KWVR Diesel Gala 2026. The event runs from Thursday 18th to Sunday 21st June. For timetables and ticketing details please visit https://kwvr.co.uk/events/dieselgala/ Photo credit. KWVR.

It’s been a long journey but we are finally coming to the end of the restoration of D9015. Tulyar will be on display at Loughborough shed over the GCR diesel gala on 24-26th April. The loco will be open for cab visits, donations welcome, with the DPS sales stand positioned between the platforms at Loughborough and the loco shed. Over the coming weeks Tulyar will undergo the final stages of its testing and subject to that being accomplished successfully will be released to tra

D9015 Tulyar and 55009 Alycidon. March/April 2026 Press Release.   As we approach the end of March our volunteer teams are continuing to work hard; both on the important Return To Service examination for D9015 Tulyar as well as the C examination required before 55009 Alycidon moves to the SVR in April.   While we are approaching the final stages of Tulyar’s 30 year restoration we have unfortunately run out of time to complete the remaining minor tasks and finish the exam, mov

At the Nene Valley Railway in May 2024 55009 Alycidon suffered an engine failure of Power Unit 451. On return to the DPS depot the power unit was manually barred over confirming the triangle part of the engine along with the auxiliary generator were turning as expected however the main generator was static, pointing to a failure in the phasing case, likely the generator drive shaft. Over the course of 2025 the overhaul of Power Unit 430, ex 55008, was completed and after a po

It’s been a busy time at Barrow Hill over the last few weeks. All three of the societies locos are on their home depot. 55019 is receiving some much needed attention after a long period of service and will be on shed for 2026. After a successful testing day last week 55009 is over the inspection pit and undergoing a C exam prior to heading down to the SVR. D9015 is having a D exam as part of its return to service checks. One of the final jobs on the list was fitting the exhau

The Deltic Preservation Society are delighted to announce that 55009 Alycidon will be returning to the Nene Valley Railway in July alongside LNER Class A1 60163 Tornado. Join us for “East Coast Legends” -11/12th July 2026. This event is a not to be missed opportunity to see two icons of British railway engineering operating together. There will also be driver experiences available on both locos during July. For full details and to book tickets, please visit www.nvr.org.uk

The Severn Valley Railway are offering a limited number of Deltic footplate experiences during 55009s visit this spring. If you’re interested in taking the controls of Alycidon on a trip through the valley please the SVR website, SVR.co.uk

The Deltic Preservation Society in conjunction with the Severn Valley Railway, are pleased to announce that 55009 Alycidon will be spending some time at the SVR this coming spring. Highlight of the locomotive's stay will be its appearance at the Spring Diesel Festival from the 14-17th May. Visit the SVR website for tickets and all the latest information as it becomes available. https://svr.co.uk/specialevents/spring-diesel-festival/ There are more dates to come for this loco,

55019 returned to Barrow Hill at the end of October 2025 as planned with the engineering team. This was to allow us the longest possible time to get the locomotive ready for 2027. Once the locomotive was on shed the team began a series of exams to ascertain the current condition of the locomotive and its various systems. Work has been progressing with the cab overhaul program.The team has now stripped most of the paint from the no1 end cab back to bare metal. This will allow

The restoration of Tulyar has now reached the point where the engineers can begin the long awaited “Return To Service” exam, after the faults with the vacuum brake system were rectified. The loco now has a full dual brake system. Part of the big exam is having the tachometers calibrated, and Geoff Armstrong visited the depot on Tuesday 10th February and calibrated all three locos. Alycidon received some attention to small snags revealed during the recent test day and the stri

21/1/26. A day of testing at Barrow Hill in miserable midwinter weather saw 55009 making multiple trips along the branch at Barrow Hill. Test runs were undertaken using the recently refurbished power unit 430, which was started in December for the first time in 44 years. The loco was also run on its second unit, PU408, and finished the day with a few twin engine runs. As is to be expected, the test runs showed up a few very minor issues which were addressed by the engineers a

We are getting close to the point where D9015 Tulyar is ready for its big “return to service” exam, after which it will enter a period of testing to accumulate some miles and iron out whatever teething troubles crop up. Only after this has been completed to the engineering teams satisfaction will the loco be released for traffic to heritage railways. On completion of the testing, the first trains to run will be for DPS members only and we anticipate there will be a big demand

A review of 2025. As the shutters are closed on the DPS depot and everyone takes a well earned couple of weeks off, it’s the time of year to reflect on events over the last twelve months, and what a year it’s been for the society and our three locomotives! Back in February, appropriately on the 15th, Tulyar moved under its own power for the first time since April 1997. Just take a moment to read that again and let it sink in. That one event alone would be the highlight of any

Merry Christmas from everyone at the DPS. The volunteers are taking a short break to enjoy the holidays and recharge our own batteries before we get stuck back into the jobs list. Thank you everyone for your support as always, especially over the last 12 months which has been an amazing year for our three Deltics. Look out for a 2025 review coming in that period of the season between Christmas and New Year where nobody knows what day it is and it’s quite acceptable to have a

The winners of the DPS Christmas Raffle 2025 are… 1st Prize £250 08066 Macklin 2nd Prize £100 04914 M Grainger 3rd Prize £50 19473 A McDaid 4th Prize £50 10651 J Dowson 5th Prize £50 18189 P Smith Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to everyone who bought a ticket and help support the DPS.

We are coming to the end of another season at Barrow Hill Roundhouse. This weekend, 13/14th December is your last chance to visit this year before the facility closes to the public for the winter break.

31st December 1981, the final service day of Deltic operation, and 55008 The Green Howards is at Finsbury Park scheduled to work the 14.03 Kings Cross to York. Fate intervenes, as the loco fails to start due to flat batteries. After 7842 days in service, Deltic #8 bows out. The sad trip to Doncaster works is followed by the fate of all but six of the Deltics, but parts of 55008 survive to live on. The number 2 end cab is purchased privately and eventually is restored and hou

An outstanding video from our colleagues at Hellfire TV just landed on YouTube. Turn the volume up and enjoy 55009 shattering the peace of the Dean Forest at the diesel gala last September. There’s also the added bonus of a 40 minute interview with Pete Stojanovic. https://youtu.be/RAAlhpK4yGk?si=fMh6sSyzBka4B2nD