08590 stabled at Butterly on the Midland Railway Centre, 25th January 2009.

Locomotive History
Locomotive History
08590 is a Crewe built class 08 and was originally D3757. It entered traffic in October 1959 and was originally allocated to Danygraig MPD, Swansea. Its stay in South Wales was short and in February 1960 it transferred to Oxley moving to nearby Bescot when Oxley closed in April 1967. It remained at Bescot for the next seventeen years until stored in July 1984. Six months later it received its last classified repair at Swindon works and in March 1985 it emerge dual brake equipped and allocated to Neville Hill. In September 1990 it transferred to Gateshead and in July 1991 it transferred to nearby Heaton from where it was withdrawn in September 1993.

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12077 pauses with a brake van following a bout of shunting at the Midland Railway Centre, Swanwick, 25th January 2009.

Locomotive History
In 1945 the London Midland and Scottish Railway began building at Derby Works a batch of diesel electric 0-6-0 shunting engines. By the formation of British Railways on the 1st January 1948 fifteen had been completed and construction was continued by British Railways until 1952 when one hundred and six had been built. They were numbered 12033 – 12138 and were the forerunner of the class 08 design. They were later classified as class 11.They remained in service until the late 1960’s/early 1970’s. 12077 was built at Derby in 1950 and was delivered new to Saltley MPD. Withdrawn from Wigan Springs Branch MPD in October 1971 it was sold for industrial use until purchased for preservation in 1978 and moved to the Midland Railway Centre.

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Class 141 “Pacer” DMU 141113 forms the passenger service on the Midland Railway Centre, 25th January 2009.

Unit History
The class 141 units were built in 1984 using Leyland National bus body parts on a four-wheel chassis. Although much cheaper than a conventional DMU there were many disadvantages and the twenty units of class 141 were modified a number of times during there service lifetime. The class 141 is unique in that it is narrow body due to using standard Leyland National bus parts whereas the later “Pacer” units (class 142/43/44), had modified parts to make them wider, enabling seating to be raised from 94 to 120. The class 141 was always non-standard and was withdrawn by 1997. 141113 was bought for preservation in 2001 and has had extensive work done, including the rebuilding of one of the engines and a complete exterior overhaul and repaint. It re-entered service at the start of 2007. This unit is preserved in the later pattern of West Yorkshire livery and retains its West Yorkshire interior and period posters.

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D5401 arrives at Quorn and Woodhouse with a service to Loughborough, 11th January 2009.

Locomotive History
D5401 is one of sixty nine class 27 locomotives built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRCW) during 1961 and 1962. D5401 was delivered in 1962 and allocated to Cricklewood for Midland Line duties. In June 1969 it was transferred to Eastfield and in 1970 it entered Glasgow works to be modified for Glasgow-Edinburgh push/pull duties in 1970. Renumbered 27112 in 1974 and 27056 in 1980 following the Glasgow-Edinburgh push/pull duties going over to class 47/7 operation. It was withdrawn in February 1987 and sent to Vic Berry Leicester for breaking up, however it was purchased for preservation and moved to the Northampton and Lamport Railway where it has been restored. It is currently (July 2012) based on the Great Central Railway.

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With steam to spare 30777 Sir Lamiel approaches Quorn and Woodhouse with the 12.15 Loughborough to Leicester North service, 31st January 2009.

As a colour shot I did not think this had a lot going for it and converting to black and white has to my mind improved it no end.

Locomotive History
The London and South Western Railway class N15 passenger 4-6-0 engine first appeared in August 1918 and following the formation of the Southern Railway in 1923, three more batches to a modified design were built. The class was named after characters from the Round Table and were therefore known as the King Arthur class. The second of the three batches was built by the North British Locomotive Company, and included E777 Sir Lamiel. They differed from the preceding engines by the fitting of a narrower cab suitable for use on the Eastern section of the Southern Railway, Ashford pattern smokebox doors and 5,000 gallon bogie tenders. It was initially allocated to Nine Elms MPD, and worked expresses to Bournemouth, Salisbury and beyond. Following problems with drifting smoke, smoke deflectors were fitted in December 1927. Sir Lamiel spent a few years at Battersea MPD from May 1934, where it worked Continental and Victoria to Margate expresses. By the start of the Second World War Sir Lamiel was back at Nine Elms MPD, but saw periods of service at Battersea MPD, and Bournemouth MPD. It was renumbered 30777 in May 1948, and returned to Battersea MPD in 1951 followed by transfer to Dover MPD. The Kent Coast electrification in June 1959 resulted in more transfers, and Sir Lamiel ended up at Feltham MPD and finally Basingstoke MPD. Following withdrawal in October 1961 it was stored at Fratton, Stratford and Ashford, before being adopted by the Humberside Locomotive Group in June 1978. At Dairycoates depot in Hull the engine was rebuilt and returned to steam on 21st February 1982. Following several years on the main line, a second overhaul was completed in 1989.

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