A bit of a historic occasion occurred on Sunday 8th February 2015 when 20205 hauled its first passenger trains in preservation; this being the first passenger outing for the loco in 25 years! The Midland Railway Butterley (MRB) had certainly pulled the crowds in and the car park at Butterley was wedged to bursting by Read the Rest…
Thanks to the Midland Railway Butterley (MRB) needing to use their steam engine on an additional train, for a wedding party, on the afternoon of Saturday June 8th there was the requirement for another engine to cover the afternoon service. This duty fell to A1A Locomotives 31271. 31271 worked the following: 1310 Swanwick – Butterley Read the Rest…
The second of A1A Locomotives‘ working locos out over the Easter period, after 31162 got proceedings going on Easter Saturday, was 31271 at the Midland Railway Butterley. ‘271 worked on both Sunday and Monday doing 4 round trips from Butterley each day. Unfortunately for the MRB they had no heat on either of their sets, Read the Rest…