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The railway has operated or been home to various groups and or owners of locomotives that have left the line.
| Number & Name | Class | Current Status | Location | Livery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slough Estates Ltd No.3 | Hudswell Clarke & Co 0-6-0ST | Operational – Supplied new to the Slough Estates Railway in 1926, No.3 left industrial service in working order, moving to the Mid Hants in 1974 when the Slough Estates Railway was closed. Some time later, No.3 was stripped-down for overhaul, but this was never completed. During the 1980s, No.3 was transferred to the care of the Slough & Windsor Railway Society[1] and moved to Slough, where full restoration commenced. After another move, to the Swindon and Cricklade Railway, restoration was completed and No.3 returned to steam in 2000. A major overhaul was undertaken in 2009 (completed November) in order to renew the locomotive's boiler certificate. | Swindon and Cricklade Railway | Slough Estates Railway lined green |
| No. 701 "Franklin Roosevelt" (3278) | USATC S160 Class 2-8-0 | Under overhaul – Purchased from Greece in 1984 and delivered to the Mid-Hants where the locomotive was restored and finished as Longmoor Military Railway 701 and named after the 32nd President of the USA. The locomotive left the line and moved to the South Coast Steam Ltd, Portland, Dorset. | Portland, Dorset | n/a |
| No. 3672 "Dame Vera Lynn" | WD Austerity 2-10-0 | Stored – Purchased from Greece in 1984 along with 90755 and 701 but sold and delivered to the Lavender Line at Isfield in August 1984. The locomotive was quickly overhauled and became active again in August 1985 when the locomotive was named Dame Vera Lynn by the Dame herself. The locomotive was finished in a fictional livery of BR passenger lined green with 'WD' branding on the tender and numbered as WD 3672.
The locomotive was later sold and moved to the Mid-Hants in early 1986 where the engine was examined and found to require some major repairs, the locomotive was not steamed or used on the line and with no available space in the works queue for several years the owner moved to engine the North Yorkshire Moors Railway in December 1986. 3672 was steaming again in April 1989 and consistently ran high mileages on the Yorkshire line however by November 1998 the locomotive was withdrawn pending a works overhaul and placed in store. |
North Yorkshire Moors Railway | Lined Green |
| No. 30120 | LSWR T9 Class 4-4-0 | Operational – Preserved by British Railways via the NRM, this locomotive was stored until 1981 when loaned to the Mid Hants Railway and restored to working order in 1983.
During 1991 the loan was ended and 30120 was relocated to the Swanage Railway for the remaining duration of its boiler certificate. In 1994, the locomotive was moved to the Bluebell Railway for display and storage until 2008 when again moved, to the Bodmin and Wenford Railway, for another restoration to working order. This was completed on 11 August 2010 when 30120 was returned to operational condition. [2] |
Bodmin and Wenford Railway | BR Lined Black |
| No. 34067 "Tangmere" | SR Battle of Britain class 4-6-2 | Operational – Purchased from Barry Scrapyard and delivered to the Mid-Hants where initial restoration began. Very active on both heritage and mainline railways over the years. | Mainline | BR Lined Green |
| No. 34073 "249 Squadron" | SR Battle of Britain class 4-6-2 | Stored – Purchased from Barry Scrapyard and delivered originally to Brighton Railway Museum. A move to the Mid-Hants followed, before a further move to the East Lancs Railway. | East Lancs Railway | n/a |
| No. 35009 "Shaw Savill" | SR Merchant Navy Class 4-6-2 | Under restoration – Placed on the Mid Hants Railway for a while during the 1980s/1990s. Now Restoration has begun in its new home, The East Lancashire Railway. | East Lancashire Railway | n/a |
| No. 35018 "British India Line" | SR Merchant Navy Class 4-6-2 | Stored – Purchased from Barry Scrapyard in 1980, restoration started and had reached an advanced stage in 2003 when the engine left for South Coast Steam Ltd, Portland, Dorset. | Portland, Dorset | n/a |
| No. 44123 | LMS Fowler Class 4F 0-6-0 | Under restoration – Purchased from Barry Scrapyard and delivered to the Mid-Hants where initial restoration began, later moved to the Avon Valley Railway in 1984. | Avon Valley Railway | n/a |
| No. 45231 | LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 4-6-0 | Mainline – Purchased from British Railways directly in 1968 45231 has been very active on both heritage and mainline railways over the years.
45231 arrived on the Mid Hants in February 2005 and was used on both mainline tours and local work on the railway, the Black Five departed in January 2007 to the East Lancs Railway. |
East Lancs Railway | BR Lined Black |
| No. 47324 | LMS Fowler Class 3F 0-6-0 | Operational – Purchased from Barry Scrapyard and delivered to the Mid-Hants where initial restoration began, moved to Avon Valley line and then to the East Lancs Railway. | East Lancs Railway | BR Black |
| No. 60019 "Bittern" | LNER Class A4 4-6-2 | Operational - Left July 2010 when its contract expired. It is currently based at Southall. | Mainline | BR Green |
| No. 68011 (196) "Errol Lonsdale" | Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST | Operational – Purchased from Kent & East Sussex Railway and used in the early years of operations gaining the nickname of 'puddle jumper', the engine was later sold and left the railway. Laterly painted faux BR livery and numbered 68011 as a LNER Class J94 on the South Devon Railway the engine was resold to a line in Netherlands and exported in 2009. | Netherlands | BR Black |
| No. 90755 ("Sturdee") | WD Austerity 2-10-0 | Under overhaul – Purchased from Greece in 1984 and delivered to the Mid-Hants where the locomotive was restored and finished in both fictions BR livery as 90755 in 1986 and later as Longmoor Military Railway 601 and named "Sturdee" after the Lieutenant General Sir Vernon Ashton Hobart Sturdee. Sold to a group on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway in 1992 the locomotive left that line in 2003 and was sold to Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Society on the North Norfolk Railway. | North Norfolk Railway | BR Black |
| Number | Class | Current Status | Location | Livery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 601 (890) "General Lord Roberston" | Sentinel/Rolls-Royce 0-8-0 diesel-hydraulic | In Service – Last new locomotive to be delivered to the Longmoor Military Railway in 1963. Moved to the Mid Hants in 1985 and again moved to the Avon Valley in 1987 due to damage to point work around Ropley. | Avon Valley Railway | LMR Blue |
| 12049 | BR Class 11 | Scrapped - Undergoing body repairs and repaint, when heavily damaged by fire on July 26, 2010, which consumed the Mid Hants railway carriage and paint shop. | N/A | N/A |
| 12139 | BR Class 11 | In Service – Arrived on the Mid-Hants in 1982 and left in 1983, this locomotive is identical to the BR Class 11, however this example never served with the LMS or British Railways and carries the next number in the class sequence. | North Yorkshire Moors Railway | BR Black |
| 25067 (D5217) | BR Class 25 | In Service – | Battlefield Line Railway | BR Green |
| 33012 (D6515) | BR Class 33 | In Service – | Swanage Railway | BR Blue |
| 50027 (D427) "Lion" | BR Class 50 | In Service – Withdrawn from mainline service in 1991 50027 arrived on the Mid Hants Railway in 1992 with generator problems (the cause of the locomotive's failure/withdraw), after approximately 2 years stay on the Mid Hants 50027 departed for the NYMR in 1994 | North Yorkshire Moors Railway | BR Blue |
| 73003 (E6004) "Sir Herbert Walker" | BR Class 73 | In Service – | Swindon and Cricklade Railway | BR Green |
| W55003[6] (DMBS) | BR Class 122 | Single railcar. Operational. Has a Main-line Certification. |
Now in service on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway | BR Green |
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