Loco's at Lydney.

[SN1 19-5]

I was working there today on the level crossing on the A48.

I spotted (most) of a 31 that was hiding under a tarpaulin. This one seemed to be missing a cab!

There was something else behind.

What is t'other thing?

What are their numbers?

 

[curly42]

Should be 31466 (inside shed) and 37308 (under tarpaulin).

 

[SN1 19-5]

31 wasn't in a shed. 37308? Right behind? Could be!

I will be back there on Monday. I will take a pic or two. I will take me camera on Monday!

 

[ForestRail]

It's a 47. Number I'm not sure about though

 

[Cowley]

It's a 47. Number I'm not sure about though

Is 47524 still there?

 

[33117]

Is 47524 still there?

Yes believe so, it was recently sold by the owner & moved onto a new owner on the dean forest. The 31s there should be 31466 & 31410 which is a long term restoration project.

 

[Spirit555]

Yes believe so, it was recently sold by the owner & moved onto a new owner on the dean forest. The 31s there should be 31466 & 31410 which is a long term restoration project.

47524 today left the Dean Forest Railway for scrap at Booth Rotherham. It apparently has a knackered frame.

Also isn't the second 31, 31210. Been there for years.

HTH

Mark

 

[Cowley]

47524 today left the Dean Forest Railway for scrap at Booth Rotherham. It apparently has a knackered frame.

Also isn't the second 31, 31210. Been there for years.

HTH

Mark

Thanks Mark.

 

[xotGD]

So when can we expect to see 37308 out and about?

 

[Alanko]

The 31s there should be 31466 & 31410 which is a long term restoration project.

Just a thought really, but from seeing a pair of dead-looking 26s on the Strathspey Railway last week parked up at Boat of Garten, I wonder how many of these long term restoration projects have any real future? These locos are fairly common in preservation, and both the 26s at Strathspey and the 31s here at Lydney appear to be redundant within the inventory of their respective railways.

I suppose a variant of the same question is: why bother restoring a 37? There are scads of them in existence in good working condition.