In 1994, the Project also bought another Class 47 locomotive, No. 47417, intending to use it as a supply of spares for 47401.

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BEER and diesel will be the order of the day at a heritage railway. Classic diesel locomotives will be pulling trains at Swanage Railway for enthusiasts who have the chance to hop off and sup a few ...

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A volunteer-run heritage railway is celebrating one of its diesel locomotives reaching 30 years in preservation service. The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway, based in Cheltenham, is marking ...

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Originally unpopular with enthusiasts because they heralded the demise of the celebrated diesel hydraulic era, the Class 47s gradually found favour. As they too, in turn, became replaced their ...