Didcot Railway Centre
Class Number ( & Name ) Status Notes
GWR Railcar No.22 Operational Built 1940
Hunslet DL 26 Operational Built by Hunslet of Leeds in 1957 and arrived at Didcot in 1978 . It was the only diesel shunter at the site for many years until the arrival of 08604 . Most of its duties tend to be light shunting . DL26 's residence at Didcot for forty years was recently celebrated
British Rail Class 08 08604 Phantom Operational Built Derby Works as D3771 , allocated to : Longsight ( 9A ) June 1959 ; Stockport Edgely ( 9B ) July 1959 ; Longsight ( 9A ) April 1965 , unofficially named Ardwick ; renumbered 08604 February 1974 ; stored Swindon Works 1981 ; Tyseley TMD February 1984 , unofficially renamed Javelin , officially then named Phantom ; Bescott November 1988 ; Derby Etches Park November 1992 ; withdrawn in July 1993 . Sold to GWS and moved to DRC September 1994
British Rail Class 14 D9516 Operational Built 1964 . Bought from the Wensleydale Railway in 2014
GWR 18000 18000 Static Display Arrived 29 July 2011 . Owned by Pete Waterman
Collection -- Diesel Locomotives
Didcot Railway Centre is a former Great Western Railway engine-shed and locomotive stabling point located in Didcot, Oxfordshire, England, which today has been converted into a railway museum and preservation engineering site.