UK Locos - Preserved, Private, Hired & Industrial Locos

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Introduction
About The Database
Sources of Information
Acknowledgements

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(updated 24th August 2010)

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Whereabouts of Preserved, Private and Hired Locos, 08/09 Shunters, DMUs/EMUs & More

For Coaches / Vans /Wagons & all plant too, try www.preservedrailwaystocklist.org.uk

Introduction:

welcome to information about over 6000 UK & Eire railway locos & DMU's of 15in gauge and above. You can use the 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 a loco list by location or the individual loco record etc, depending what you want.

Where information is available, the individual loco records contain brief notes on the history of ownership, latest livery and recent sightings. The information is continuously updated and should be a useful aid whether you're 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 British locos 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. 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 and some recently scrapped units are included with the scrapped locos for your information. Miniature Railways, full scale rolling stock, wagons and trolley bus listings etc. are not available here due to the time required to keep up to date. However, you should be able to find what you want using Steve Best's database, or 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-sites in the 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, though may be a little out of date now!

About The Database & Search Facility :

A full explanation of how to operate the search facility is given with the search panel, but searches can be made on the field(s) of your choice (Location, Builder, Works Number etc). You can use whole, or part words and produce a list of engines from which a selected loco record may be obtained, which may include a current picture as well, if one has been found.

This also means that you can obtain:

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

- lists of locos from a particular manufacturer etc.

Best thing is to give it a go as it stands and see what comes up, narrowing your search, if required, by the buttons provided.

If the engine you want isn't shown, try looking at the Scrapped Locos, it may have been recently scrapped. Records are kept here to ensure that locos aren't missed and to ensure that information is still available 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.

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!

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", "The_Preservation_Page" and the most thorough and far reaching "PreservedRailwayStockList".

Click to join the IndustrialRailwaySociety

For those who are not aware, members of these Groups are encouraged to submit observations and information, they can also search for any information they are looking for and ask other members for information and help. This method of communicating railway sightings instantly reaches a wide like-minded audience and even if you have a 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