Tornado's Return to the Main Line

Last week the A1 completed five round trips on the Nene Valley Railway following final snagging work and the installation of a new grate. The locomotive showed itself to be performing...

Early Christmas presents for...

We were delighted to welcome Geoff Holland to the Darlington Locomotive Works recently. Geoff kindly donated an original Stones lamp for the rear of No. 2007’s tender. Received with thanks...

Autumn 2024

Autumn tracklaying update

Whilst noting that progress continues elsewhere with both our A1 and P2, the focus in Darlington must be on getting the track down in time for S&D 200 next year and, thanks to our...

November ETCS update

We carried out tests providing power to the ETCS from our existing two locomotive power supplies.  We could do this in the event of a complete failure of the ETCS battery and...

October 2024