The Railway Magazine – July 2019

92 •The Railway Magazine• July 2019

July

4-6East Lancashire Railway,

diesel spectacular

13-14Tarka Valley Railway,

open weekend

19-21South Devon Railway,

diesel gala

20 DRS Carlisle Kingmoor,

open day

26-28Glos/Warks Railway,

diesel gala

August

2-4Spa Valley Railway,

diesel weekend

3-4Llangollen Railway,

1960s mixed traction

10-11Ecclesbourne Valley,

Railway diesel gala

17-18Caledonian Railway,

diesel operating weekend

24 Chinnor & Princes

Risborough Railway, diesel

railcar rambler

24-26Lincolnshire Wolds

Railway, anything goes

September

13-15Dean Forest Railway,

diesel gala

13-15Isle of Wight Steam

Railway, mixed traction event

14-15Epping Ongar

Railway, diesel gala

14-15GCR (N), diesel gala

14-15Llangollen Railway,

heritage railcar gala

21 East Lancashire Railway,

English Electric theme day

21-22Middleton Railway,

works outing (mixed

traction)

27-29Mid-Norfolk Railway,

diesel gala

DIARY

MR-B Class 37 sold

THE Class Forty Appeal’s

Class 37 No. 37190 has been

sold to Locomotive Services Ltd

and moved from the Midland

Railway–Butterley to Crewe

Diesel depot, where it was

displayed during the June 8

open day.

Unique-liveried

Class 31 problems

CHINNOR & Princes Risborough

Railway Class 31 No. 31163,

running as No. 97205 in Railway

Technical Centre livery

(RMMay, p94), suffered a

suspected turbo fault at the

SevernValley Railway on June

during a test run.

All gala appearances have

been cancelled while the

problem is dealt with.

SIDELINES

NRM DMU in action on the

North Norfolk Railway

THE National Railway Museum’s

Metropolitan-Cammell Class 101

DMU – DMBS No. M51188 and

DTSL No. M56352 – have been

overhauled to a high standard by

theWeybourneTraction Group.

They are now able to operate in

multiple with the NNR’s own

Class 101 set, DMBS No. E51228

and DTSL No. E56062.

It was good to hear four

synchronised diesels with their

characteristic rasping exhausts

as they prepared to depart

Weybourne for Sheringham on

the Friday of the North Norfolk

Railway’s June 14-16 June mixed

traction gala.The National

Collection pair is nearest the

camera.PICTURE: GLEN BATTEN

D05 Preservation Ltd’s Class 46

No. 46010 was completed in

time for its debut at the Severn

Valley Railway’s (SVR)

May 16-18 diesel festival.

It has been restored to a

high standard by the Pioneer

Diesel Locomotive Group at

Ruddington, and appeared at

the SVR along with the same

group’s Class 37 No. 37688

Great Rocks(RMJune, p 96).

The‘Peak’is seen arriving

at Highley with the 11.18

Bridgnorth-Kidderminster

on May 17. It is now back on

the Great Central Railway

(Nottingham) for a full season’s

operation, including diesel

running days on July 13 and 27,

August 10 and 24, September

14-15 diesel gala, and 22, all

subject to availability.

PICTURE: BRIAN SHERRINGTON

THE Ivatt Diesel Re-creation

Society, which is aiming to

construct a replica of LMS

diesel-electric No. 10000, has

a chance to acquire another

engine of the correct type.

A 16SVT power unit was

acquired in 2012 – No. IH1861 –

and now the RAF, which

bought these engines from

English Electric in 1947 for

use as reserve generators, has

No. IH1863 available.

No. IH1863 needs to be

moved urgently to enable

demolition of the building

it is housed in. The society is

appealing for funds to extract

this engine on skates from the

RAF building and to move both

engines to a secure covered

location in the Midlands.

The intention is to overhaul

IH1863 so it will be ready

to exchange for IH1861, if

and when that unit requires

attention or overhaul. This will

minimise the time No. 10000

spends out of service when it

becomes operational.

In return for helping to save

IH1863 and get both engines

under cover, donors will receive

certificates and have their

Asecondengineofferedto

Ivatt LMS 10000 project

English Electric 16SVT engine No. IH1863 is awaiting removal from

a Royal Air Force base for use as a spare power unit in the new-

build LMS Co-CoDE No. 10000.PICTURE: COURTESY IDRS

names inscribed on a plaque

inside the finished locomotive.

Donations can be made by

cheque to The Treasurer, Ivatt

Diesel Re-creation Society, 2

The Square, Bestwood Village,

Nottingham NG6 8TS or

via http://www.LMS10000.co.uk

Ruddington ‘Peak’ returns

totrafficatSevernValley

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COMPILED BY

PETER

NICHOLSON

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