92219 on the move?

Like the class 503 unit did for a few years a while back.


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I would say so.

 

It was the Class 502 unit that was at Tebay a few years back...

 

Correction noted!

 

Loco moved to Boat of Garten, Strathspey Railway, for onward transport to Aviemore for - I believe - for storage ahead of a possible contract overhaul!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/349320227402345/permalink/467882478879452/

 

Is this the furthest north a 9F has been?

 

I can't imagine the Far North Line and 10 coupled axles (even with a flangeless driver) would be an ideal combo but they weren't based any further north than Carlisle so I'd imagine this is the furthest north one has got. Hopefully its contract overhaul means it becomes a member of the Strathspey fleet for a while. Owner also owns 37674.

 

7th April 1986 - the odd combination of 92220 together with 4771 worked an excursion to and from Perth https://www.railscot.co.uk/locations/P/Perth_New_Yard/slideshow.html I don't think one had been further north before ( unless anyone knows different )

 

The Strathspey could do with enlarging its steam fleet, so let's hope it has a good future ahead of it there.

 

The 25 ex-WD Austerity 2-10-0s were based in Scotland, I believe all at Central Belt depots (Polmadie, Motherwell, Carstairs, Grangemouth). Not sure how far north they would have worked, but unlikely to have been on the Highland Line.

 

Central Belt wasn't short of unfitted, slow freight and block work for them. A few 2-8-0s popped up on Perth South's books for a short period too.

 

The fleet isn't in bad shape. The railway can afford for 828 to have been away since the start of 2022 in Kent. 46464 should return later this year or early next which will give quite a useful fleet (along with 5025 and 46512) for an essentially 1 engine in steam railway with occasionally 2 in operation.

 

Yeah with 46464 back it'll only be the Austerity out of traffic that could haul a service train, and the overhaul of that is slowly progressing as is.

 

Is WPR no.17 still resident? She seemed to be the main service loco for a while?

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Yes it’s in the back of the shed at Aviemore. And you were right, it was the only operating engine for a while. Not a great engine to work on but plenty of power when required.


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Steamed well and like you say, plenty of power but wasn't soup course friendly.

 

Has a surprising turn of speed, only had the one trip behind it & I was initially disappointed as had been hoping for the Ivatt 2, but it did impress me!

 

92219 made its first journey in many years today, 31.01.24. It was towed 5 miles from Boat of Garten to Aviemore shed. more pictures and video on the unofficial face book page https://www.facebook.com/groups/349320227402345

 

On shed at Aviemore. photo by Robert Law.