Preserved Vehicles
Welcome to the Preserved Vehicles section of The Railcar Assosication website. Information and galleries of railcars during their preservation era are located on these pages.
Viewing
The vehicles are listed in three different ways for convenience: by class, by location (the railways at which they are located), and numerically (by vehicle number).
Numbering
Many vehicles were renumbered after the introduction of TOPS and they can carry either in preservation. To avoid confusion, all vehicles are listed by their original numbers: so for 53XXX & 54XXX, look under 50XXX & 56XXX respectively.
Submitting
Preserved vehicles are always changing, with the task of keeping up to date with changes being too great for a single person. If you have any information or images for a vehicle you have seen that is not included on these pages or is out of date, please feel free to send them in to railcar@live.co.uk. The more offers of information received, the more accurate and up to date these pages can be.
Section Updates - Last Updated 23rd April 2012
23/4/12: 2 New vehicles: 79963 & 79964 added > Images added to 79960 (7)
19/4/12: 2 New vehicles: 79960& 79962 added
14/4/12: Images added to 50170 (2), 50256, 50321 (3), 50599, 51073 (5), 51213 (2), 51360 (2), 51427 (4), 51432, 51434, 51499, 51503, 51505 (8), 55006 (5), 56343, 56358 (3) & 79900
10/4/12: Image added to 51203
19/3/12: 2 New vehicles: 50455 & 50494 added > Images added to 51192 (3), 51485 (7), 51562 (6), 51669 (6), 51849, 51907 (3), 51922 (7), 55001 (3), 56097 (6), 56223 (2), 56289 (9), 56352 (2) & 59664
9/2/12: 2 New Classes: Class 107 & Class 141 added > 18 New vehicles: 51370, 51381,51412, 51990, 52005, 52008, 52029, 52030, 52031, 55503, 55508, 55510, 55513, 55523, 55528, 55530, 55533& 59791 added > 2 New locations: Private Site: Titley Junction & Weardale Railway added> Images added to 51341 & 56097 > 51398 updated
4/2/12: 10 New vehicles: 51354, 51356, 51359, 51363, 51375, 51386, 51392, 51396, 51405 & 59492 added > 3 New locations: Northampton & Lamport Railway, Private Site: Allelys Heavy Haulage & Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr Railway added > 51353, 51592, 51604 & 59719 updated
24/1/12: 10 New vehicles: 51400, 59488, 59494, 59500, 59503, 59507, 59509, 59513, 59517 & 59518 added > New Location: Paignton & Dartmouth Railway added> 51365 & 51407 updated
10/1/12: New Class: Class 118 added > 6 New vehicles: 51321, 51347, 51351, 51397, 51401,59508 & 59520 added > 2 New locations: Dartmoor Railway & Gwili Railway added > Image added to 56279
1/1/12: 7 New vehicles: 51074, 51104, 51352, 51376, 59505, 79018 & 79612 added> New Location: Swindon & Cricklade Railway added > Images added to 51367 & 59514
28/12/11: 9 New vehicles: 51655, 51669, 51677, 51849, 51886, 51899, 56287, 56289, 59664, 59719, 59740 & 59761 added > 2 New locations: Mangapps Railway Museum & Private Site: Dorset added > Images added to 51907 (3), 55006 (2), 56097 & 59276
24/12/11: 4 New vehicles: 51618, 55029, 55032 & 56285 added > New location: Rushden Transport Museum added
23/12/11: New Class: Class 120 added > 4 New vehicles: 51592, 51604, 51616,51622& 59276 added > Images added to 51339, 51367 (4), 51402, 51909, 52048, 55003, 56006, 56047, 56062, 56097, 56171 (2), 56208, 56224, 56271 (3), 56301, 56342, 56343, 56352, 56358, 56408, 56484, 56491, 59117, 59250, 59444, 59506, 59511 (2), 59522, 59539, 59603, 59678 & 79900
22/12/11: New location: Midsomer Norton added > Images added to 51427, 51434, 51499, 51503, 51505, 51565, 51566, 51568, 51572 (2), 51591, 51625, 51813, 51859 (2), 51880, 51933, 51937, 51941, 51947, 51950, 51993, 52006, 52012, 52025, 52053, 52054, 52064, 55001, 55003, 55006, 55023, 55028 & 55033 > 51909 & 56271 updated
10/12/11: Images added to 50015, 50164, 50222, 50253 (2), 50266 (2), 50321, 50338 (2), 50599, 50619, 50628, 50645, 50746, 50926 (2), 50928, 50980, 51073, 51118, 51131, 51135, 51138, 51151 (2), 51188, 51213, 51226, 51342 (2), 51360, 51372, 51382, 51384 & 51395
9/12/11: 3 New vehicles: 51346, 51388 & 59516 added
5/12/11: New location: Keith & Dufftown Railway added
2/12/11: New vehicle: 59137 added > Images added to 51073 & 51505 (8) > 50167 & 51433 updated
30/11/11: 51941 updated
23/11/11: 51922 updated
19/11/11: New Class: Class 104 added > 5 New vehicles: 50479, 50531, 50556, 56182 & 59228 added > New location: Telford Steam Railway added
18/11/11: 3 New locations: Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway, Buckinghamshire Railway Centre & Spa Valley Railway added > Images added to 56408 (7)
13/11/11: New location: Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway added > Images added to 52071 (16) & 52077 (15)
10/11/11: 56356 updated
4/11/11: 2 New vehicles: 51342 & 51384 added > New location: Epping & Ongar Railway added
1/11/11: New Class: GWR Railcar added > 5 New vehicles: 4, 20, 51367, 51402 & 59511 added > New location: Swindon Steam Museum added
29/10/11: Images added to 50619, 51135, 51147 (2), 51148 (2), 51566 (4), 51859, 51941 (2), 55005 (4), 56047, 56097 (7), 56208, 56223, 56279 & 56492(2)
13/10/11: 2 New vehicles: 55023 & 55026 added > New location: Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway added
12/10/11: 5 New vehicles: 55001, 55003, 55005, 55009 & 55012 added > 55000 & 55006 updated
29/9/11: 50627 updated
23/9/11 8 New vehicles: 51138, 51151, 59003, 59004, 59444, 59501, 59522 & 59603 added > Images added to 51135 (3), 51147, 51148 & 59445 (5).
22/9/11: 7 New vehicles: 51131, 51134, 51135, 51147, 51148, 59445 & 59490 added
14/9/11: 6 New vehicles: 51341, 51353, 51395, 51398, 59486 & 59521 added
9/9/11: 8 New vehicles: 50437, 50447, 50454, 50982, 50987, 52060, 52061 & 59389 added
8/9/11: 50645, 50926, 51118 & 51947updated > Images added to 50160, 50413, 50619, 50628, 51073, 51118 (2), 51339 (3), 51360, 51365, 51382, 51485, 51505 (3), 51842, 51859, 51880, 51914, 51922, 51935, 51941, 51947, 51950, 52006, 52044, 52054 (2), 52062, 52064, 55000 (2), 55033, 56097, 56099, 56168, 56223, 56274, 56490, 56491, 56492, 56504 (2) & 79900
23/8/11: 2 New vehicles: 56279 & 56495 added > 2 New locations: Kirklees Light Railway& Lavender Line added
9/8/11: 2 New vehicles: 51933 & 56504 added > New location: Swanage Railway added > Images added to 51505 (4), 51907, 56097 (2), 56171 & 56223
30/7/11: 2 New vehicles: 56207 & 59245 added > New location: Private Site: BSC Scunthorpe added
22/7/11: 9 New vehicles: 50980, 51572, 51909, 51919, 51947, 52048, 52054, 56271 & 56274 added > 4 new locations: Bodmin & Wenford Railway, Garw Valley Railway, Private Site: MOD Long Marston & Stainmore Railway added
21/7/11: 10 New vehicles: 50627, 50632, 50645, 50926, 50928, 51565, 51567, 51942, 52044 & 56270 added > 2 New locations: Great Central Railway (North) & Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway added
18/7/11: 2 New vehicles: 51907 & 56490 added > Images added to 51188 (2), 51360, 51505 (5), 55006 & 79900
16/7/11: Images added to 50416, 50599 (3), 51339, 51372, 51382, 51562, 51813 (2), 51842, 51852 (12), 52025, 55028 & 56301
11/7/11: 51852 scrapped > New vehicle: 51372 added
23/6/11: Images added to 50619, 51566 (2), 51914 (3) & 56492 (5) >51852updated
22/6/11: Images added to 50170, 50266, 50746 (2), 51205, 51210 (7), 51213 (2), 51226, 51427, 51499, 51512 (2), 56356 & 56358 (2)
21/6/11: 6 New vehicles: 50628, 51568, 52053, 56223, 56224 & 56491 added
20/6/11: 8 New vehicles: 51189, 51192, 51247, 51435, 51803, 56352, 56356 & 56408 added > New location: Keighley & Worth Valley Railway added
18/6/11: 6 New vehicles: 51432, 51434, 51498, 51503, 56347 & 59117 added > New loction: MOD Shoeburyness added
16/6/11: 2 New vehicles: 51950 & 52062 added > Images added to 50204, 51511 & 55006
10/6/11: Image added to 59387
8/6/11: 4 New vehicles: 51339, 51365, 51382 & 51407 added > New location: Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Railway added
4/6/11: Image added to 52064
1/6/11: New vehicle: 56171 added > Image added to 56456
30/5/11: New Class: Class 109 added > New vehicle: 50416 added > New location: Llangollen Railway added
24/5/11: Image added to 56456
22/5/11: 3 New vehicles: 51566, 51914 & 59387 added > New location: Dean Forest Railway added
20/5/11: 2 New vehicles: 50619 & 56492 added
18/5/11: New Class: Class 105 added > 3 New vehicles: 51485, 56121 & 56456 added
17/5/11: New Class: Class 115 added > 11 New vehicles: 51663, 51852, 51859, 51880, 51887, 59493, 59506, 59510, 59514, 59515 & 59678 added > New location: West Somerset Railway added
16/5/11: New vehicle: 56169 added > New location: Helston Railway added
14/5/11: 3 New vehicles: 50414, 56160 & 56168 added > New location: Private Site, Denbigh added
12/5/11: 2 New vehicles: 50397 & 50413 added >59496updated
10/5/11: 2 New vehicles: 50971 & 51571 added > New location: Kent & East Sussex Railway added
8/5/11: 7 New vehicles: 50933, 51935, 51941, 52064, 55034, 56208 & 59250 added > Image added to 51187
6/5/11: New class: Class 127 added > 6 New vehicles: 51591, 51610, 51625, 55033, 59609 & 59659 added
5/5/11: New location: Severn Valley Railway added
4/5/11: New class: Class 114 added > 5 New vehicles: 50015, 50019, 56006, 56015 & 56047 added > New location: Strathspey Railway added