FOLLOWING its successful visit to the Dartmoor Railway last Christmas the Pioneer Diesel Locomotive Group’s (PDLG) Class 45 No. 45060 Sherwood Forester has returned to the Devon railway for the winter’s ‘Polar Express’ trains.
This time around it was accompanied by the group’s ‘Crompton’, No. 33035. The two Sulzers travelled in convoy behind Devon & Cornwall Railways’ Class 31 No. 31452 from their Barrow Hill base, running as 0Z53, the 10.40 to Okehampton, on November 18 (RM December, p93).
The ‘Peak’ has received major attention at Barrow Hill, with its power plant lifted in August, revealing smashed teeth on the main oil pump.
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Read more in January’s issue of The RM
