Rail Express – September 2019

Alistair Grieve SHUNTERS&INDUSTRIALS

September 2019 RAIL EXPRESS 93

Twomove to Avon

ValleyRailway

Ex-GreatWesternRailwayloco enters preservation

but immediatelygoes back out on hire.

AS part ofthe drive by GWRto

concentrate itsremaining fleet of ‘08s’

on those with 110V electrical equipment,

anot heroft he 90V locos has been sold,

with Bristol St Philip’sMarsh No.08663

ente ring preservation at the nearby

Avon ValleyRailway in Jul y. Although

operational, it is air-braked onlyand so

will requirethe vacuum brakingsystem

to bereinstated beforeitc an work

passengertrains.

The lorry that took No. 08663 to

the AVRhad pr eviouslybeenused to

transport No. D3022 (08015) from the

Severn ValleyRailway to the Bristol depot

fortyreturning.

Following on from the arrival of

No. 08663 from Bristol came No. 09015

from RSSatWishaw(Warwic kshire). This

loco has been stored outsideforquite

some time and, having suffered copper

thefts,does needalot of work to return

it to traffic. Work will notcommence

immediately, butafull rebuildand rewire

areplanned beforeite nters service at

the AVR.

■No. 08663’s tenureatt he AVRwas

abrief one, however, as by the end of

Julyitw as at theRSS yard at Wishaw

(Warwickshire). Like No. 08757 hired

in from theTelfor dSteamRailwaylast

month, No. 08663 has been hired in as

short-term coveruntilone of theRSS

fleet can be madeavailable.

LOCOMOTIVE SERVICES

LSL’S No. 08737 has beenrepainted

and renumbered–itn ow carries full

BR green livery with its original, pre-

tops number No. D3095.

RMSLOCOTEC

LOCO No.08788 finallyleft Shotton

on July11, beingmovedtoTeesportto

replace No. 08613which is in needof

repair.No. 08 788 wasthe lastoft he

RMS‘08s’ on-site atShotton.OnceNo.

08613 hadarrived atWolsingham,the

overhauled andrepaintedNo. 08375

wasdue to move to its newowner sat

the Port of Boston.

RMS’Rolls-Royce Sentinel

0-6-0DH No. H014 has entered

preservation, moving from

Wolsingham to the Great Central

Railway (Nottingham) in mid-

July. Worksnumber 10262, itwas

built in 1967 and entered service

with the NCB at Ollerton Colliery,

Nottinghamshire.

WESTMIDLANDSTRAINS

SOHO EMU depot’sRailfreight-

liveried shunter No. 08805 has been

undergoingmaintenance in the EMU

shed, thework includingreplacement

of the fuel pump.

RAILWAYSupport Services has

undertakenashuffleofi ts ‘08s’ in July,

partlyinitiatedby damage caused to

No. 08934 at Dagenham.

This shunterwashit by aderailed

wagonand, whilst initiallyitwas going

to berepair ed, further investigation

found twisted frames and so itwas

transported direct from Dagenham to

Barrow Hill forcompone nt recovery.

The movescommenced on July12,

with No. 08939 moving from Neville Hill

to Felixstowe,joining No. 08757 there

forabrief period beforethe latterwas

shifted to Dagenham on the 15th.

No. 08934wasthen movedto

Barrow Hill, and the merry-go-round

wascompleted with No. 08846 heading

north from WishawtoNeville Hill to

replac ethe spacevacate dbyNo. 08939.

With noOTMR or TPWS fitted, No. 08846

will be confined toworking in the depot

area only. Thelocowas previouslyowned

by Bombardier and had been undergoing

overhaul at Wishaw. It tookatrip to

Bristol St Philip’sMarsh on June 21for

tyreturning,returning on the 24th.

EASTLEIGH TURN:RSS’ No. 08511 shuntsamotley

collection of engineeringwagons atEastleighEast Yard on

July4–comprisingofa12ton crane, an OCAopen, a'Mullet'

flat andasingle IOAbulk ballastwagon. The shunter is one

of three RSS locos on hiretoGBRf at Eastleigh since it took

overduties from DBCargoinApril.Steve Stubbs

SHUNTERSINSTORE:Some of the RMS fleetawait their futureins tore at

Wolsingham on theWeardaleRailway on July19, including No. 08885 nearest the

cameraplus Nos. 08936 and 08756 (HO59).ColinPottle

NEWSROUND-UP

JUNE 30wasabigday at RocksbyRail RSSshuffles fleet
(Rutland) with thereintroduction to
trafficoft he 220hpYorkshireEngine Co
0-6-0DE No. 1382.
It wasbuilt in 1961 (withWorks
number No. 2791)forthe United Steels
Companies OreMining Branch, and
worked at th eColsterworth ironstone
quarry (Lincolnshire) untilits closure
in 1972.
No. 1382wasthe last to leave
as it wasretai ned to help with
trackremoval, after which it moved
onto the NormanbyPark steel
works(Scunthorpe) untilentering
preservation in 1981 at theRutland
Railway Museum(nowRocksbyRail).
Aregular performer untilsidelined
with electrical issues, the diesel loco
spent manyyears out of trafficuntila
newowner and the Industrial Diesel and
IndustrialRailwayPreserv ation Group
took it on.Restor ation commenced
at Scunthorpe Steelworksand was
completed at Andrew Briddon’s
worksh op at DarleyDale, the
locomotive returning toRutland at the
end ofMay.
Nowresplendent in USC maroon
livery,itw as asucce ssfulreturn to
trafficfor the engine, sharing duties
with the twoex-Oxfordshireironstone
SentinelsJeanandBetty.

YECloco back

in traffic

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