On Sunday, 7th November 1999, 80078 hauled its first trains in preservation. It had last worked a train some 34 years earlier. It double-headed the service trains with M7 class, 30053. 80078 was the 84th locomotive to leave Barry Scrapyard and is the 99th Barry Locomotive to be returned to steam.
Driver Roberts prepares 80078 for its first day's duty.
80078 and 30053 depart from Swanage
80078 and 30053 cross Corfe Castle Viaduct
80078 is admired by youngsters at Swanage Station.
80078 waits to depart Swanage with its first train
80078 and 80104 on Swanage shed
Photographs by Andrew P.M. Wright
80078 was loaned to the Avon Valley Railway for 3 months as a gesture for their help in it's restoration, particularly the manufacture of the side tanks.
80078 leaving Bitton - P.Pickering
[ 80078 | Top of Page ]