Locomotives

5754. Great Western livery: 5754 was the 4th member of the 57xx class to be built at Swindon. Outshopped in 1929, the locomotive represents a stand...

London Transport’s railway network is well known for being electrified and “underground” but there had always been a small fleet of steam locomotiv...

London Transport’s railway network is well known for being electrified and “underground” but there had always been a small fleet of steam locomotiv...

7754. NCB Green Livery Another product of the North British Locomotive Company was 7754. Outshopped in 1930 it was allocated to Reading where it wo...

7714. British Railways Black Livery, Early Emblem 7714 was an early “contractor” built locomotive, in this case, it was built by Kerr Stuart in Sto...

9681. British Railways Black Livery, Late Crest 9681 was one of the last pannier tanks to be built. Emerging from Swindon Works in 1949 under the o...

8763. British Railways Lined black livery, with Early Emblem This locomotive was built at Swindon in 1933 and allocated to Old Oak Common where it ...

9741. British Railways Green Livery With the introduction of what became the “8750” variations, this 1935 built locomotive emerged from Swindon wor...

5741. GWR Livery From the initial order of 50 locomotives from the North British Locomotive Works, 5741 emerged from Queens Park works, Glasgow in ...

7755. GWR Shirt button Livery. 7755 was a loco from the “Work Creation” orders. This engine was built in 1930 by North British Locomotive Co. at Qu...

6743. Great Western livery The 67xx was a sub class of panniers built without steam heat or vacuum brakes. The first 25 were built by Bagnall’s of ...

5754. Great Western livery: 5754 was the 4th member of the 57xx class to be built at Swindon. Outshopped in 1929, the locomotive represents a stand...

The second batch of Hill’s ‘improved’ 0-6-0T locomotives, GER Nos.21-30 to Order G75, differed from the initial C72 order by being designated for ...

The second batch of Hill’s ‘improved’ 0-6-0T locomotives, GER Nos.21-30 to Order G75, differed from the initial C72 order by being designated for ...

The highlight of the Direct Rail Services' annual open day in 2022 - the first such event since 2019 - was the official unveiling of 37218 in a 'he...

 BR J69 68535 was from the same 1892 batch as No. 359, being originally numbered as 358 under the GER and 7358 under the LNER and was also rebuilt...

BR J69 68619 was the ‘celebrity’ Buckjumper and undoubtedly the most photographed member of the class, due to being the Liverpool Street Passenger...

BR J68 68646 was built in September 1912, part of the first batch of A.J Hill’s improved C72 Class, the final development of Holden’s 0-6-0T class...

LNER J69 No. 359 came from an earlier batch of ten locomotives built at Stratford in 1892 and was rebuilt in 1904 into the R24r Class, gaining new...

S56 Class No. 84 was one of the last batch of ten locomotives built for the Great Eastern Railway, to Order P57, at Stratford in 1904 and incorpor...

BR J69 68535 was from the same 1892 batch as No. 359, being originally numbered as 358 under the GER and 7358 under the LNER and was also rebuilt ...

BR J69 68619 was the ‘celebrity’ Buckjumper and undoubtedly the most photographed member of the class, due to being the Liverpool Street Passenger...

BR J68 68646 was built in September 1912, part of the first batch of A.J Hill’s improved C72 Class, the final development of Holden’s 0-6-0T class...

LNER J69 No. 359 came from an earlier batch of ten locomotives built at Stratford in 1892 and was rebuilt in 1904 into the R24r Class, gaining new...

S56 Class No. 84 was one of the last batch of ten locomotives built for the Great Eastern Railway, to Order P57, at Stratford in 1904 and incorpora...

BR Class 50 - Railfreight General - 50149 'Defiance' - Exclusive DCC Sound Fitted The second half of the 1980s saw a potential new direction for th...

BR Class 50 - Railfreight General - 50149 'Defiance' - ExclusiveThe second half of the 1980s saw a potential new direction for the Class 50s as pas...

BR Class 50 - GWR Green - 50007 'Sir Edward Elgar' - ExclusiveStill controversial almost four decades after being repainted, 50007 was outshopped i...

BR Class 89 - 89001 - GNER (Gold Lettering) Feb-99 to Jun-07Returns to service after repairs at Brush in GNER blue with gold logo SPECIFICATION The...

BR Class 89 - 89001 - InterCity Swallow (Present Day) Apr-19 to presentClassic InterCity Swallow livery with Modern OHLE Flashes  SPECIFICATION The...

BR Class 89 - 89001 - GNER (White Lettering) Mar-97 to Jan-99Reinstated for service 3-Mar-97 and repainted into GNER blue with white logo (loco had...

BR Class 89 - 89001 - InterCity Swallow (Original) Dec-88 to Jul-92Named Avocet on 16-Dec-88 and debuts in InterCity Swallow livery SPECIFICATION T...

BR Class 89 - 89001 - InterCity Executive Oct-86 to Nov-88BR InterCity Executive livery SPECIFICATION The Class 89 model will be based on Accurasca...