News | Deltic Preservation

Jun 241 min read

2025 AGM date announced, with complimentary Deltic ride for members!

UPDATED 01.11.24 Book the date in your diary - Saturday May 10, 2025 Annual General Meeting in the Marquee at Quorn station, Great...

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3 days ago1 min read

Merry Christmas from the DPS!

Merry Christmas to all, we hope you’ve had a fantastic year with us! We have certainly had a great year, a few bumps in the road but...

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Dec 91 min read

Depot Report - Saturday 7th December 2024

DEPOT It was a small working party today due to work commitments and bad weather. The throughput of visitors in the Depot was also...

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Dec 81 min read

A MERRY CHRISTMAS DELTIC RUNNING DAY

The long awaited day at Great Central Railway will soon be upon us. Come & celebrate with us as 55019 takes centre stage on December...

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Nov 271 min read

A Visit from Nodrog and Blackpool Simon

On Saturday 23rd November, the DPS volunteers welcomed Nodrog and Blackpool Simon to the depot to have a tour of the depot and...

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Nov 31 min read

Depot Report - Friday 1st & Saturday 2nd November 2024

55009. Various areas of the loco's bodywork have been identified as showing signs of corrosion and preparations for repair work are...

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Oct 281 min read

Depot Report - Saturday 26th October 2024

Both 55009 & 55015 had been shunted out during the week to enable running tests to be carried out; well, that was the plan! D9015. The...

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Oct 212 min read

Depot Report - Saturday 19th October 2024

Photo: Alex Stojanovic 55009 The loco batteries were put on charge to enable the NR Safety Systems, TPWS, GSMR, OTMR, to be checked. See...

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Oct 172 min read

A Christmas Deltic

A Christmas Deltic Ride! Your Christmas wishes have come true! 55019 will be running at the Great Central Railway on 28th December 2024....

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Oct 63 min read

DEPOT REPORT FOR WEDNESDAY 2nd OCTOBER & SATURDAY 5th OCTOBER.

Wednesday 2nd Oct was a very busy day with lots of different sub groups working towards their own goals. The Delectricians were again...

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Sep 212 min read

Depot Report - Saturday 21st September 2024

55009 The loco batteries were charged. D9015 Progress today was mostly electrical. Following on from being moved out of the stores last...

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Sep 201 min read

Depot Report - September 14th 2024

Varnish applied to D9015 Tulyar Recently, D9015 has been professionally varnished and, with the exception of No.2 end nose, this stage of...

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Sep 191 min read

55019 at the Great Central Railway

55019 will be out working at the GCR on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th September, possibly the last workings this but yet to be confirmed...

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Sep 101 min read

DPS SALES STAND AT THE LEIGH MODEL RAILWAY EVENT 14/15TH SEPTEMBER

ARE YOU A MEMBER, THEN CAN YOU HELP? We have been offered and taken a cancellation slot at the above event, are you available to come...

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Aug 311 min read

Depot Report - 31st August 2024

D9015 First job for today was Tulyar being shunted inside for us by our neighbours HNRC ready for completion of the paint job over the...

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Aug 262 min read

Depot Report - 24th August 2024

It was a busy day at Barrow Hill today with work spread across various areas and meet ‘n greet. 55009. Some areas of the paintwork are...

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Aug 211 min read

55019 at the Great Central Railway. Please note that the 11:45 Freight train Saturday 24th and 11:10 Sunday 25th are now both Passenger Trains going to Leicester North and return.

pic by Graham Nuthall

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Aug 151 min read

55019 DRIVE A DELTIC EXPERIENCE DAYS....NOW ON SALE.

55019 has successfully passed her GCR Acceptance Fitness To Run Exam. Footplate experiences are now available, so grab them quickly!...

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Aug 131 min read

55019 at the Great Central Railway.....STOP PRESS FOOTPLATE EXPERIENCE PLACES NOW ON SALE SUCCESSFUL TEST RUN COMPLETED TODAY, 14th.

For the first time in 2024, 55019 will be working her first services at the Great Central Railway with her new coat of paint on 24th &...

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Jul 301 min read

Public Start Up of D9015 Saturday 3rd August.

STOP! You really don’t want to miss this…. After 27 years, countless hours spent, many sleepless nights, we are…. finally, over the moon...

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