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Published01/01/1970
Arrival 03/07/2007
Status Operational
Last Updated19/09/2025
Built in 1971 for the Ministry of Defence as part of a batch of five hydraulic drive locomotives. HE7012 was numbered AD37 by the MOD and first saw service at Eastriggs Ammunition Depot in Scotland, replacing earlier Ruston type locomotives In 1988 AD37 was overhauled and rebuilt by Andrew Barclay in Kilmarnock, Scotland.
Arrival 06/07/2007
Built in 1971 for the Ministry of Defence as part of a batch of five hydraulic drive locomotives. HE7013 was numbered AD38 by the MOD and first saw service at Eastriggs Ammunition Depot in Scotland, replacing earlier Ruston type locomotives.
Arrival 21/04/1986
Last Updated02/01/2025
MR.8981 was supplied new to the Midhurst Whites Brick Company in 1946 and spent its working life at their Midhurst works. Originally 8981 was 2 foot 6 inch gauge.
Arrival 28/02/2025
Status Away for Overhaul
Last Updated02/01/2026
MR.7902 was ordered by ICI (Alkali) Ltd's Purchasing Department, Northwich, Cheshire, dispatched to Murex Ltd, Rainham, Essex on November 3rd 1939. MR.7902 was built with a number of special options requested by the purchaser.
Arrival 27/06/1982
Status Under Overhaul
This locomotive was built by the Motorail & Tramcar Company of Bedford in 1936, and is of the 25/36 hp class, weighing 4 tons 2 cwt and fitted with a Dorman 2RB engine.
Arrival 16/09/1985
MR.9655 was ordered in October 1951 by R. Fielding & Son of Blackpool, where it worked at their Warbreck Hill brickworks transporting clay from the pits to the brickworks.
Arrival 30/03/1990
Status Awaiting Overhaul
MR.8887 'Phoebe' was built in 1944 for the Ministry of Defence. It is unknown where it first worked, as locomotive movements between military bases during World War 2 were not recorded, however by 1952 Phoebe had been allocated to the British Army of the Rhine in Arsbeck, Germany.
Arrival 19/03/1983
Status Stored
MR.5297 'Fido' was built in 1931 and is powered by a petrol Dorman 4MRX engine. This is unusual as most were converted to diesel engines over their working lives, it is thought to be one of three left that still retains its original engine.
Arrival 21/08/2012
Last Updated01/01/1970
The design style of this locomotive stems back to the first world war when Baguley (Engineers) Ltd of Burton-on-Trent from 1914 onwards produced petrol powered locomotives.
Arrival 19/11/1995
Built in 1939 this locomotive worked at Enfield Rolling Mills in North London. In 1975 the railway system and locomotives at Enfield were sold to M.E Engineering in Cricklewood, London. Between 1976-1982 the locomotive was used on the various railways in connection with the restoration of the Basingstoke Canal.
Arrival 20/02/1983
FH.2528 was built by F.C Hibberd and Co Ltd at their Park Royal Corporation works in 1941 during World War Two.
Arrival 14/08/1994
This locomotive was delivered new, in 1936, to the County Borough of Derby to work in connection with the construction of a by-pass at Spondon. It was later moved to a sewage works nearby where it stayed until it was preserved in 1979.
Arrival 02/01/1994
Built in 1936, this loco worked for most of its industrial life for the Severn Trent Water Authority, and was used in connection with the upkeep of the tidal defences on the Severn Estuary in the Gloucester area.
Status Out of Service
No. 2981 'Sue' is another home-made locomotive built in 1977 using Wickham target trolley frames and wheels. She is powered by a Reliant Regal car engine and gearbox, and with 4 forward gears is capable of quite a turn of speed.
No. 3031 'Liz' is a home-made locomotive built by one of our members in 1973. She was built using the frames and wheels from an unmanned military target trolley and is powered by a single cylinder Petter petrol engine. She sees very little service on the line as it is somewhat underpowered for use on our passenger services.
