DTG preserved former British Rail class 52 D1015 Western Champion approaches Cam & Dursley station working 6M42 0920 Avonmouth - Penyffordd cement empties on a mainline test run on Friday 17th Sep... (more)
BR Class 52 D1015 'Western Champion', seen here masquerading as D1012 'Western Firebrand' on this side and as D1009 'Western Invader' on the other side, doubleheads with BR Class 40 40145 'East La... (more)
D1062 'Western Courier' accelerates on the approach to Foley Park tunnel with a service to Kidderminster
D1015 heads a charter train from Salisbury to Liverpool in connection with the Tall Ships Festival, here attacking the fierce 1 in 37 grade of the Lickey
D1013 Western Ranger heads through a rare patch of sun towards Kidderminster with the first through service of the day from Bridgnorth
The Class 52 Westerns were diesel Hydraulics designed by the Western Region of BR at Swindon and built between 1961 and 1964 with the class officially being introduced in 62. They were C-C locomot... (more)
Immaculately restored into BR maroon livery, Western hydraulic D1015 'Western Champion' storming along the North Wales coast near Conwy. The occasion was an enhusiast special to Holyhead.
D1013 powers up the final gradient towards journeys end at Bridgnorth
The owner of 35028 'Taw Valley', Mr Phil Swallow, chose to celebrate his 50th birthday in style. He hired the VSOE Pullman dining service from London to the Severn Valley Railway and return, with ... (more)
Working a drivers experience special train, D1013 'Western Ranger' is seen powering away from Bridgnorth in glorious conditions. This was taken for a friend of mine, just visible in the 2nd mans s... (more)
One of the popular class 52 "Western" locos during it's final days in service.
D1013 “Western Ranger” passes New House Farm on the 15.15 Kidderminster to Bridgnorth at the Severn Valley Railway’s 2005 Diesel Gala.
Making the class debut down the Central Wales Line, D1015 “Western Champion” and 37427 haul the 1Z56 13.30 (retimed) Llandrindod Wells to Exeter St David’s “Western Trident” across Cyngh... (more)
