BR Standard Class 2MT Mogul hard at work on the Nene Valley Railway, with the Santa specials, seen here crossing the River, on approach to Wansford Station. 23 12 2016
On August 17th 2016, for the first time since withdrawal from British Railways service in 1969, Standard Class 2 78018 has moved under its own power at Loughborough Central as restoration take a major step towards completion. The Standard 2 was quickly pressed into service in the yard to shunt a single wagon into the carriage sidings at Loughborough.
The 2-6-0 is being restored at Loughborough under the care of the Loughborough Standard Locomotive Group having spent a number or years at Barry scrapyard. Further information on 78018 is available here.
78018 which features in the British Transport Film "Snowdrift at Bleath Gill" is expected to return to service in time to star at the GCRs Autumn Gala from 6th to 9th October. Popular sister loco 78019 has recently begun its own overhaul after many years of service at GCR.
Source: www.gcrailway.co.uk/the-railway/locomotives/78018-2/
BR Standard Class 2MT Mogul hard at work on the Nene Valley Railway, with the Santa specials, seen here crossing the River, on approach to Wansford Station. 23 12 2016
On August 17th 2016, for the first time since withdrawal from British Railways service in 1969, Standard Class 2 78018 has moved under its own power at Loughborough Central as restoration take a major step towards completion. The Standard 2 was quickly pressed into service in the yard to shunt a single wagon into the carriage sidings at Loughborough.
The 2-6-0 is being restored at Loughborough under the care of the Loughborough Standard Locomotive Group having spent a number or years at Barry scrapyard. Further information on 78018 is available here.
78018 which features in the British Transport Film "Snowdrift at Bleath Gill" is expected to return to service in time to star at the GCRs Autumn Gala from 6th to 9th October. Popular sister loco 78019 has recently begun its own overhaul after many years of service at GCR.
Source: www.gcrailway.co.uk/the-railway/locomotives/78018-2/