Didcot Railway Centre
Class Number ( & Name ) Status Notes
RS & H 0-4-0T No.1 Bonnie Prince Charlie Static Display Awaiting overhaul . Painted in lined light green livery
George England 0-4-0WT No.5 Static Display Built 1857 , latterly owned by the Wantage Tramway . After inspection , too much original metalwork would need to be replaced to be brought back into working order
GWR Steam Railmotor No.93 Operational Built 1908 . Restoration completed in 2012 . Often runs with trailer carriage No . 92 . Boiler ticket expires 2021
GWR 1000 Class 1014 County of Glamorgan Under Construction 1946 design
Kitson & Co. 0-4-0ST No.1338 Static Display Built 1898 . Ex- Cardiff Railway
GWR 1340 Class 1340 Trojan Under Overhaul Built 1897 . Ex- Alexandra ( Newport and South Wales ) Docks and Railway . Painted in GWR green livery . Undergoing overhaul off site
GWR 1361 Class 1363 Under Overhaul Built 1910 . Undergoing a major overhaul with significant work being undertaken on both the boiler and frames
GWR 1400 Class 1466 Under Overhaul Built 1936 . This was the first locomotive bought by the society . This locomotive is now under overhaul at the Dean Forest Railway and is expected back in service in 2021
Hunslet 0-6-0ST No . 2409 King George Under Overhaul Built 1942 . Currently being restored and rebuilt into a Thomas the Tank Engine lookalike
GWR 2900 Class 2999 Lady of Legend Operational Originally built 1929 ( Completed 2019 ) . Using components from No . 4942 Maindy Hall . Will run as a 4-6-0 most of its boiler ticket when complete , but will run as a 4-4-2 for periods of time . 2999 was launched into traffic on the weekend of 5-7 April 2019 . Boiler ticket expires 2029
GWR 5700 Class 3650 Under Overhaul Built 1939 . Undergoing a ten-yearly overhaul which began in 2018
GWR 5700 Class 3738 Static Display Built 1937 . Out of service August 2013 due to boiler crack
GWR 2884 Class 3822 Static Display Built 1940 . Appeared in the Queen music video Breakthru
GWR 4073 Class 4079 Pendennis Castle Under Overhaul Built 1924 . This locomotive was repatriated from Australia in 2000 after spending 22 years in the country
GWR 5101 Class 4144 Operational Built 1946 . Boiler ticket expires 2025
GWR 4073 Class 5051 Earl Bathurst Static Display Built 1936 . Currently wearing its former name , Drysllwyn Castle
GWR 5205 Class 5227 Static Display Built 1924 . One of the Barry Ten , it was purchased in 2010 to provide parts for the construction of the new-build GWR 4700 Class No . 4709 . After donating its axleboxes and fourth axle to the project , it moved to Didcot in 2013 following storage at a private site . Currently on display in ex-scrapyard condition as a reminder of the challenge that preservationists had to conquer . The boiler is to be used for the GWR 3800 Class new-build project
GWR 4300 Class 5322 Static Display Built 1917 . Withdrawn in 2014 due to boiler problems , though its boiler ticket expires in 2018 . Now painted in BR Black
GWR 4575 Class 5572 Static Display Built 1929
GWR 4900 Class 5900 Hinderton Hall Static Display Built 1931
Collection -- Steam 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.