78018 (The Standard)
About the 78018 (The Standard):
78018 is a B.R. Standard 2-6-0 class 2MT tender locomotive.
Technical Specs:
Some specs in here
History:
78018 was uilt in 1953 at Darlington North Road Works at a cost of £14,809, with a life expectancy of 40 years. It was one of a class of 65, and entered traffic on March 3rd 1954, at West Auckland Shed (County Durham) this was soon followed by a move to Kirkby Stephen, working trains from Tebay to Barnard Castle (Stainmore Railway). It was while on this line that 78018 became "famous" by getting stuck in a "Snowdrift at Bleath Gilll", during Febuary 1955, (this was all caught on film). It was then transferred to Chester Midland in April 1960, then in 1962 was sent to Workington. May 1963 saw it transferred to Willesden, then Nuneaton in September 1965 and finally Shrewsbury before withdrawal on November 12th 1966.
78018 then spent 11 years 4 months at Barry scrapyard before being preserved at Shackerstone in November 1978.
Little work was carried out whilst at Shackerstone and it was resold to the Darlington Railway Preservation Society in 1981.
In 2012 the Darlington Railway Preservation Society entered an agreement with the Loughborough Standards Locomotive Group, to allow the final assembly of 78018 in Loughborough. The standard left the DRPS in November 2012, and is now undergoing the final stages of restoration in Loughborough while we finish the restoration of the tender tank and chassis. The DRPS still own 78018 while the LSLG will be custodians. The tender will shortly be reunited with the locomotive.
Current Location:
Great Central Railway - (Loughborough Central)
Please Help this Loco!
Work on these locos and other vehicles costs thousands, and we don't get much cash from other sources so every penny you can spare will help to preserve Darlington's Railway Heritage into the future.
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