UK Locos - Preserved, Private, Hired & Industrial Locos

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Introduction
About The Database
Sources of Information
Acknowledgements

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(updated 18th Jan 2010)

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Whereabouts of Preserved, Private and Hired Locos, EWS Shunters, DMUs & EMUs

( Interested in rolling stock, plant, etc? Click www.preservedrailwaystocklist.org.uk for an early look )

Introduction:

welcome to this web-site, which contains information about over 6000 UK & Eire railway locos & DMU's of 15in gauge and above. You can use our simple & flexible search facility to answer questions like "what can I expect to see there?" and "where is this or that engine?" and you can print out an initial loco list by location etc, or print the individual loco record out, depending on what you require.

Where information is available, individual loco records contain brief notes on the history of ownership, latest livery and recent observations. The information is continuously updated and should be a useful aid whether you are interested in heritage or popular industrial railway motive power, whether you visit railway museums and 'preserved' lines, or whether you enjoy current UK railway operations.

All known preserved, private and hired locos are included together with main industrial locos which are readily accessible to the public, and even some locos which are now abroad. The database excludes mainline locos as they are not based at specific locations and there are many other sources of information about them. EWS Class 08/09s are included because so many private shunters now operate on the national railway network that trying to categorise and differentiate private and leased locos from mainline shunters has proved impossible. Shunters also spend some time at the same location, so it helps to keep records accurate!

DMU and EMU power cars and trailer coaches were added in 2003 for those who follow them and some recently scrapped units are included for information. Miniature Railways, full scale rolling stock, wagons and trolley bus listings etc. are not available due to the time which would be required to keep the database up to date. However, you should be able to find what you want using a good search engine like www.google.co.uk. If you are interested in current mainline locos, units or stock situations, try www.abrail.co.uk and www.wnxx.com

There are also over 500 UK web-site links on the left, which include not just all gauges of loco, coach, DMU and EMU, but also railway operators, film sales outlets and related sites with other general information, enjoy.

About The Database & Search Facilities:

Two types of search facilities are provided on the search page. One is straight forward and searches the field of your choice, the other is a complete wild card facility searching on all fields:

- both search on the whole, or part words of your choice,
- explanations are given on the search page and

- both will initially produce a list of engines from which an individual loco record may be obtained

The wild card facility, searching for your criteria on builder, number, location, name, county etc. will quickly help to locate & identify specific information, which can then be re-submitted into the main search box to focus the search. Give it a try, you'll see how it works.

You can obtain:

- lists of locos at a particular location so as to identify them before or while you are there

- lists of locos from a particular manufacturer etc.

From the final list, an individual record may be obtained by clicking on the blue 'Builder' link.

. If the engine you want isn't shown, try looking in the Scrapped Locos list, where many engine records are left :

- to satisfy those who wonder why a loco they saw a few years ago isn't shown as "current"

- as a cross check that none have been forgotten and

- to ensure that the old information is still available just in case a loco does return from the scrap yard.

Further information will be added to the database, but much information is already there so just take the plunge and give it a go.

Please be aware that some locos are located at very personal and private locations, so do contact the owners before visiting and respect the fact that you may still be refused access! Do NOT trespass on private property, shotgun pellets hurt!

Sources of Information:

The source database is regularly updated from Industrial Railway Society reports, from reports from various internet groups such as "Yahoo Groups", from personal observations and less frequently from publications such as the Railway Magazine, Entrain, Heritage Railways, Narrow Gauge Railway Society Magazine, Railway Correspondence & Travel Society etc. which mostly confirm sightings previously reported.

By the way, once you have become a member of "Yahoo Groups", you can join the group(s) of your choice, such as "The_Shunter_Page", "The Industrial_Railway_Society" and "The_Preservation_Page".

Click to join the IndustrialRailwaySociety

Members are usually encouraged to submit observations and information via their favourite messaging system, but they can also be provided with the information they are looking for by fellow members. I can therefore recommend this method of communicating railway sightings as it instantly reaches a wide like-minded audience and even if you have an difficult question, there is almost always someone out there who has the answer.

There are also hundreds of UK railway web-sites around providing up-to-date information, many listed on our 'Links' pages, but the Industrial Locomotive Society is one which has frequently provided a lot of the more historic information about locomotives, their builder, names & locations etc. over many years. You are therefore urged to view these from time to time for notifications and information on railway events, stock updates and special haulage.

Acknowledgements:

It would be wrong of me not to acknowledge the contribution initially made by Stewart Ingram, who provided all the original DMU, EMU and more historic information, in particular the original notes in the record Comments boxes. Though it has taken some time to cross reference his database, I have personally found the information very interesting and have frequently found answers to some long asked questions.

Finally, a big thank you to Andrew Nix, who arranged the original web-space for the database and without whose initial help I wouldn't have persisted so far in making these pages suitable to present the information to the public.

If you can contribute any information on engines, movements and purchases in particular, or if you have any other comments or ideas for improving this web-site, or more importantly the presentation of the information then please e-mail me at mickm@)uklocos.com

Please respect the information in this web-site, which has been provided freely, and with the goodwill of many owners, for your personal interest and information.

Thank you,

Mick Morgan

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