The board was most sad to hear of the passing of Vice President Michael S Baker on Friday October 10. His knowledge of Napier power units was nothing short of extraordinary and he came to the ‘rescue’ of the DPS engineering volunteers on countless occasions. Mike lived at Colchester and for many years worked for Paxman Diesels who undertook Napier power unit repairs for both BR and the Admiralty. He became closely involved with the DPS as long ago as the Autumn 1981 in the fi

The winners of The Black Watch raffle are… 1st Prize. 00281 Simon Best. 2nd Prize. 00059 June Palmer. 3rd Prize. 00821 D Ford Winners...

The first day of the Barrow Hill Rail 200 event is underway. Today, 55009 is running on the branch. On Saturday and Sunday Alycidon will...

Just a few days to go until the Rail 200 event at Barrow Hill. 55009- the loco will be operating on the shuttles top and tail with a...

After the rough running on the second engine had been sorted, we were able to give 9015 a few runs on the branch at Barrow Hill as part...

All finished for the weekend after a fabulous Dean Forest Diesel Gala. Thanks to everyone at the host railway for their hospitality and...

Thursdays path for 55009 move from Barrow Hill to the Dean Forest Railway https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:R12979/2025-09-1...

October 10-12th sees Barrow Hill Roundhouse hosting its very own Rail 200 event. It promises to be a fantastic event, and the DPS depot...

The timetable has been published for the Dean Forest Diesel Gala next weekend with 55009. We expect the loco to transit there on Thursday...

The DPS was honoured to host a visit today, VJ Day, of 17 people-from Flowers for the Fallen including Ken Cooke, a World War 2...

This weekend 16/17th August 55019 will be appearing at the GCR as part of the Railways At Work Gala. Full timetable details are on the...

55019 is now back at the GCR. Next scheduled workings are over the “Railways At Work Weekend”on 16/17th August. Timetable will be...

As the dust settles after an amazing three days it’s time to relax a little today and reflect on the biggest railway event most of us...

GREATEST GATHERING SAT & SUN 2nd & 3rd AUGUST At 13:00 on Saturday 2nd August DPS President Neville G Davies will unveil a special...

After a 24 hour delay, Alycidon and Tulyar made the move down the mainline on July 30th from Barrow Hill to Derby to join 55019 and the...

Depot Report 26/7/25. The last working party before our locos depart Barrow Hill to join 55019 for exhibition at The Greatest Gathering. ...

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Final preparations are underway for the 2025 DPS model show next weekend, 12/13th July. You may remember last year 55009 Alycidon was on...

Depot report. 1/7/25 Investigations into the low power from No.1 engine (408) in Alycidon continued today at Barrow Hill.Most people at...

Depot Report 28/6/25 A scorching summer day at Barrow Hill saw 7 volunteers undertaking a variety of tasks. 55009 is receiving some...