Locomotives & Rolling Stock
Fulstow No 2 This is a Peckett 0-4-0 [makers number 1749] built in 1928. It spent its working life at Tarmac at Wirkworth and was restored by Peter Clark at Fulstow before being sold to Great Northern Locomotives Ltd during 1997. 'Fulstow' is currently undergoing a major overhaul. With the boiler out of the frames, work is progressing on replacing the broken stays. She is expected to be back in service later in 2010.
British Rail Class 08 Shunter D3167 is owned by Lincoln City Council and spent most of its working life at Lincoln Central Station. For several years after its withdrawal it stood on a plinth just outside Lincoln Station. Since coming to Ludborough it is now operational and regularly used for shunting stock and some passenger operations.
Fowler Shunters two were given to the Society by Conoco. A second shunter was also given at the same time but it was necessary to use spares from one to make the main one operational. These locomotives are now not in working order and sit in a siding awaiting repair.
Lion. This is a Peckett 0-4-0ST (makers number 1351) built in 1914. It spent much of its working life at Woolwich Arsenal and later at Wallsend Slipway, Northumberland. It came to us in early 1998 after service at the Foxfield Railway in Staffordshire. This locomotive performed all our passenger duties in 1998.
97650 (PWM650) Built for the BR Western Region Permanent Way fleet by Ruston & Hornsby of Lincoln in 1953, working at Swindon, Newland and Reading depots. Renumbered 97650 under TOPS system. Upon withdrawal in 1987 she was purchased by the City of Lincoln and was displayed outside the old 40A steam shed for several years before coming to Ludborough.
No. 1313 'B' Class 4-6-0 – Built in Sweden in 1917. After hauling trains all over Sweden the loco was withdrawn in 1963 and was brought to the Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway. After very limited service there, it left for the Stephenson’s Railway Museum in 1991 but was later declared surplus. It has now been acquired by three LWR volunteers who hope to restore the loco for service at Ludborough.
68070 'Pamela' is a Hunslet 0-6-0 Saddle Tank makers no 3840 built 1956. It was restored by the Vale of Glamorgan Railway, later the Barry Island Railway. It was used at Ludborough in 2009 but is now stored and is awaiting collection by its owners, who were displaced from Barry during 2009. Pamela left the LWR on 20th July.
Drewry 03 Shunter D2084 (03084) Built by BR Doncaster in 1959. She spent much of her working life in the South of England and was fitted with dual brakes in 1969 for pulling the Weymouth Harbour trains. Was at the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway, Wirksworth before coming to Ludborough and is now owned by one of the LWR volunteers.












