Perrygrove Railway Diesel Day, Sat 9th June

The Perrygrove Railway is pleased to announce its first ever diesel running day on Saturday 9[SUP]th[/SUP] June 2012. This event will feature an intensive timetable, with a regular passenger service from 10:40am until 4:15pm alongside demonstration industrial freight trains.

The following locomotives are expected to be in action, subject to availability:

Visiting Locomotives:

4wDM ‘Skippy’ (Alan Keef Ltd no. AK2/ 1976), courtesy of Alan Keef Ltd. Originally built for Richardson’s Moss Litter Co. Ltd, extensively rebuilt in 1977 as a motorized end-tipping skip, and still used to this day on track-laying contracts for Alan Keef Ltd.

Lister 4wDM no. 10498/1938, courtesy of Simon Townsend/ Rhyl Miniature Railway. Formerly worked for Portland Cement and Lime Works, Dunball, Somerset, and Eclipse Peat Company Ltd, of Ashcott, Somerset.

Lister 4wDM ‘Sludge’ (no. 41445/1954), by kind permission of Jim and Helen Shackell, and the Evesham Vale Light Railway. Formerly worked for Finham Sewerage Works, Coventry – hence the name! Subsequently employed on the construction of the Ffestiniog Railway’s deviation at Dduallt.

Resident Locomotives:

Hunslet 4wDH no. LD9337/1994 ‘Jubilee’, used on the construction of the Jubilee Line. Rebuilt at Perrygrove in 2007.

Motor Rail ‘Baby Simplex’ 4wDM ‘Workhorse’, no. 26014/1963, which also originally worked for Richardson’s Moss Litter Co. Ltd, near Gretna.

Lister 4wDM Rail-truck no. 40407/1954, the last Lister Rail-truck to work in industry at Painter Bros. of Hereford. Entered preservation at Perrygrove in March 2011. First appearance following restoration!

Usual fares apply for this event, allowing unlimited travel during the day. 10% discount on fares for holders of HRA Interail passes. Further information about the railway can be found at www.perrygrove.co.uk, or telephone 01594 834991.