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2025 Returnees and Withdrawals

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  1. Chris86

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    Usually seems to have been a thread for yearly expected returnees and withdrawal from traffic for locos, haven't seen one this year so thought it might be worth creating one.


    Withdrawn/to be withdrawn 2025
    - 7820 Dinmore Manor
    - 35006 P&O
    - 7903 Foremark Hall

    Return to service
    - 7802 Bradley Manor
    - 4150 (possible 2nd half of year)
     
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    7802 returning shortly . Currently at Tyseley and being steam tested. A few jobs remain before transfer to Bridgnorth late this month. Sister 7812 is on the SVR until just after Easter then moves to the WSR for the remainder of 2025 & whole of seasons 2026 - 7.

    4150 a likely return in the second half of this year.

    7812 & 4150 left Barry coupled together......
     
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    35006 "Peninsular and Oriental Line S.N.Co" and 7903 "Foremarke Hall" both bow out at the GWSR this year.

    70013 "Oliver Cromwell" a possible contendeŕ for a return at the GCR.

    Q class 541 and maybe H class 263 as returnees at the Bluebell
     
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    5029 "Nunney Castle" and 71000 "Duke of Gloucester" also contenders for returnees.

    34046 "Braunton" also likely to bow out this year or 2026
     
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    7903, maybe or maybe not as I believe an extension is being considered which given the current ticket is until December means even a short one could take it to 2026.
     
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    6430 is due to bow out in May for the 10 yearly,

    Austerity “Haulwen” will be back in service.
     
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    We are led to expect 35005 return to service.
     
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    41312 is also in its final year too at the MHR

    TVR 85 is also in its final year at Keighley
     
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    541 possibly, I don't think we'll see 263 this year.

    Tom
     
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    34101? Been slated for a return to traffic every year since at least 2016!
     
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    Hopefully N2 1744 at the North Norfolk Railway should be returning this year as well.
     
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    A1/x W8 Freshwater should be returning early this year.
     
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    AE1973 'Dora' should be steaming soon at KWVR. Some nice pics of it complete inside Rileys old workshop on faceache.
     
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    RSH Austerity W/N 7289 'Fred' is returning to traffic tomorrow at the Battlefield Line's Winter Warmer Gala - to my knowledge the first returnee of 2025 (and Fred's first period back in traffic since, I believe, the late 70s!)

    Peckett 0-4-0ST 2012 'Teddy' will, all being well, also be returning to traffic following overhaul this year. To be nominally based at the Battlefield Line
     
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    K1 62005's boiler is very close to a hydraulic test so hopefully the locomotive will be back in steam this year

    Sent from my M2003J15SC using Tapatalk
     
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    On the Narrow Gauge - Ffestiniog Railway locos Prince and Taliesin should be back this year, and I believe both Merddin Emrys and Blanche will bow out. Welsh Pony should be back in service too, although that one has been out for over a year because of wheelset issues rather than for a new boiler ticket, though the timescales from withdrawal to return aren't much different to Prince!

    John
     
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    I believe 80135 at the NYMR could return this year.

    Along with Newstead at the Spa Valley.
     
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    30065, and hopefully 4253, plus Sapper, at the KESR. Don't think we've got any bowing out.
     
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    I'll believe that when I see it! More likely than 34101, but I think 81035 will be next year and 34101 goodness knows when! N0-one has mentioned 63395, following cylinder replacement, but I think that's a probable returnee this year, too.
     
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    4247 should return in the first half of the year and 46447 was withdrawn late 2024. Both at East Somerset Railway
     
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