South Devon Railway Trust

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South Devon Railway
Legend Great Western Main Line to Penzance Totnes Network Rail station Totnes (Littlehempston) Great Western Main Line to London Staverton River Dart Buckfastleigh railway museum Ashburton closed

The South Devon Railway Trust is a charity organisation that operates a heritage railway from Totnes to Buckfastleigh in Devon, alongside the River Dart.

Contents 1 Stations 2 History of the line 3 Locomotives 3.1 Steam locomotives 3.2 Operational 3.3 Under Overhaul 3.4 Awating Overhaul 3.5 Visiting steam locomotives 3.6 Diesel locomotives 3.7 Diesel Multiple Units 3.8 Broad gauge 4 External links

[edit] Stations

• Buckfastleigh
• Staverton
• Totnes
• Totnes (Littlehempston)

[edit] History of the line

• The line was built by the Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway and first opened on 1 May 1872. It was worked by the larger South Devon Railway Company until 1 February 1876 when this was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway.
• The Buckfastleigh line was taken over by the Great Western Railway in 1897.
• The railway was nationalised on 1 January 1948.
• The line closed to all traffic on 7 September 1962 and was re-opened as the Dart Valley Railway, a preserved steam line, on 5 April 1969.
• The South Devon Railway Trust took over the running of the line on 1 January 1991.

[edit] Locomotives

[edit] Steam locomotives

[edit] Operational

• GWR 2884 Class 2-8-0 no. 3803
• BR WR 4575 Class 2-6-2T no. 5526
• GWR 5700 Class 0-6-0PT no. 5786

[edit] Under Overhaul

• GWR 1400 Class 0-4-2T no. 1420
• GWR 1366 Class 0-6-0ST no. 1369(Due to return to service this year)
• GWR 4900 Class 4-6-0 no. 4920 Dumbelton Hall

[edit] Awating Overhaul

• GWR 2251 Class 0-6-0 no. 3205 - Awaiting Overhall
• Ex-MOD 0-6-0ST Hunslet no. 68011 (Errol Lonsdale)
• Ex-W.D. 0-6-0ST no. WD132 (Sapper)

[edit] Visiting steam locomotives

None currently present

[edit] Diesel locomotives

• British Rail Class 04 0-6-0 no. D2246 - Inservice
• British Rail Class 09 0-6-0 no. D3666 - Under Overhaul
• British Rail Class 20 Bo-Bo nos. 20110 and 20118 "Saltburn-by-the-Sea" Both In Service
• British Rail Class 25 Bo-Bo no. 25901 In Service
• British Rail Class 33 Bo-Bo no. 33002 Under Overhaul
• British Rail Class 37 Co-Co no. 37037 Re Numbered to 37 321 In service
• British Rail Class 50 Co-Co no. 50002 "Superb" Under Overhaul

[edit] Diesel Multiple Units

• British Rail Class 115 trailers 59659 and 59740 (used as locomotive-hauled coaching stock)
• British Rail Class 122 single unit 122100
• British Rail Class 127/115 hybrid unit 51592+59719+51604

[edit] Broad gauge

• Tiny (on display in Buckfastleigh station museum)

[edit] External links

• South Devon Railway Trust website