Category Archives: 26010

D5310 at work in the sunshine!

D5310 performed perfectly today on all of her four round trips with beautiful weather to match! Thank you everybody who came down and supported our running today. Who needs the Radio 1 Big Weekend in Bangor when you have D5310 … Continue reading

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Saturday 8th May Running Day: D5310

Class 26 No D5310 should be working our next running day on 8th May. Many thanks to those who turned out in good numbers to support her run on the 10th April. Hope you enjoyed the day – we certainly … Continue reading

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Image by Mark Smales.

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Fun in the sun with ‘The Welsh Scotsman’

A big thank you to the folk who turned out to support D5310’s public debut yesterday. Her busy four trip schedule went well, the only minor gremlin being a few brief engine shutdowns. This has been traced to a grumpy enclosed contactor in the electrical cubicle, … Continue reading

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D5310 – Successful Test Run

D5310 made a successful test run from Llangollen to Carrog and back last night after services had finished, hauling a dead D1566 as weight and insurance.  The photo below shows her coupled to D1566 in the yard at Llangollen. She made some … Continue reading

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D5310's Bo'ness Farewell

Here’s a super little Youtube video to whet your appetite for the debut of Class 26 No D5310 at Llangollen on the 26th September. The video shows D5310 being put through her paces at the SRPS Diesel Gala on the August bank … Continue reading

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D5310 lands at Llangollen!

There were some big smiles all round when D5310, our new resident Sulzer Type 2, arrived safely in a very sunny Llangollen yesterday just after 3pm. Thanks to Simon Searle and Richard Jones for the photos. Squeezing her way off Mill Street onto … Continue reading

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25313 & D5310

25313 is now safely in Leeming Bar yard at the Wensleydale Railway: Thanks to Jonathon Kirby at the Wensleydale Railway for the photo. This afternoon, D5310 left Bo’ness on the same loader: Thanks to David Dibben for the photo. All being well, D5310 will arrive … Continue reading

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New Website

Welcome to our new website, which has been kindly produced by Diesel Group member and IT whizz Gareth Evans. As many of you will already know from what has been reported elsewhere in the railway press, the Llangollen Diesel Group … Continue reading

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