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A beautiful limited edition fine art print of D1013 Western Ranger passing through Dawlish on a Plymouth express during a storm in the early seventies! To purchase yours, simply CLICK […]

A meeting was held on Saturday, 20 August 2022 to discuss the potential overhaul of the wheel-sets for D1013 Western Ranger. The opportunity was taken to view the potential work […]

D1040 Western Queen operated on Sunday, 14th August 2022, in memory of the three drivers who perished on 15th August, 1963. A time to remember… https://lnkd.in/eUi5E3AK

The BG coach was successfully unloaded on Saturday, 23 July, where the spares transferred from Bridgnorth are now safe and secure in our new containers. A BIG thank you to […]

With only two more running days to go in June 2022, D1040 (D1062) has clocked up 1,141 miles so far, this year...! A big thanks to all the small number […]

The WLA has secured 50% matched funding from the SVR-G Board to help finance the installation of 3 phase electricity and lighting for our two 40 ft containers at Kidderminster. […]

To help protect the bogies and to smarten up the appearance, both bogies on D1013 have been repainted. This included the white wheel/tyre markers and air brake pipework!

D1062 was unable to complete its booked diagram on Saturday, 18th June 2022, due to an over-pressurisation fault with one of the straight air brake relay valves. Fortunately, it is […]