Telford Steam Railway
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The Telford Steam Railway is a small heritage railway located at Horsehay, Telford in Shropshire. Its business name is the Telford Horsehay Steam Trust.
When its current line extension north to Lawley Common is complete, it intends to extend south beyond Doseley, bridge the A4169 road and extend to the Ironbridge Gorge passing through Coalbrookdale. Crossing the A4169 will require the road level to be lowered, the railway formation to be raised or a combination of both to achieve the statutory headroom below the bridge. The railway formation cannot be raised too far since this would further steepen the already harsh gradient between the site of the bridge and Lightmoor Junction. This extension is dependent upon the closure of Ironbridge Power station and the rationalisation of Network Rail's line between Lightmoor Junction and Buildwas. This rationalisation took place in October 2006 resulting in the up line being taken out of use; the remaining down line becoming a bi-directional extension of the existing single line from Madeley Junction. Network Rail have left the up line in place which will assist their plans to extend into the Ironbridge Gorge including extension across the Albert Edward Bridge onto the power station site when it closes. A further obstacle exists, in that the bridge carrying the railway formation over Brick Kiln Bank adjacent to the former Lightmoor Junction signal box was reduced to a single track width several years ago and now is only wide enough to carry the Network Rail line. It is unknown whether or not they have aspirations to penetrate the Ironbridge Gorge proper with a further extension towards the former site of Ironbridge. This further extension would result in a run of about 5 miles but would require either a reversal at the site of Buildwas Junction or the construction of an pretty tight chord between the southern side of Albert Edward Bridge and the continuation of the Severn Valley Line towards Ironbridge.
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[edit] Operational Steam Locomotives
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- Peckett & Sons 0-4-0ST No 1722 "Rocket" built in 1926, current boiler ticket expires in 2012. In regular use on the railways passenger trains.
[edit] Steam Locomotives undergoing restoration
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- G.W.R 0-6-2T Clas 56xx No 5619 built in 1925. This is the largest and only ex-main line steam locomotive on the line. Its boiler has recently been sent to the Flour Mill workshop at Lydney for the completion of its restoration. The overhaul of the frames and fitting of the wheels, cylinders, side tanks and bunker were completed at Telford and the final boilerwork and reassembly of the locomotive will take place at Lydney. It is hoped to return to traffic on the Telford Steam Railway in 2007, afterwards it will be loaned/hired out to other railways.
- Hawthorn Leslie 0-4-0ST No 3240 "Beatty" built in 1917. Undergoing restoration in the works where good progress is being made.
[edit] Stored Steam Locomotives
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- Peckett & Sons 0-4-0ST No 1990 built in 1940. Out of service, requires a ten yearly overhaul and replacement of the inner firebox.
[edit] Operational Diesel Multiple Units
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- Leyland Railbus class 141 No RB004 built in 1984. In regular use on diesel services following overhaul and repaint.
[edit] Diesel Multiple Units undergoing Overhaul
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- Class 104 No 53479 DMU Motor brake DMBS. The interior is complete and bodywork restoration is nearing completion, when working it will work with 53531 as a two car set.
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- Class 104 No 53531 DMU Motor Composite DMCL. Nearing completion of a long overhaul, when finished it will operate with 53479 in a two car formation.
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