THE South Devon Railway (SDR) has rejigged its steam loco and carriage fleet. GWR 0-6-0PT No. 5786, currently in London Transport guise as L92 and which has been on hire to the Gwili Railway, is to visit the Epping Ongar Railway (EOR) until January 2022. L92 will be starring in both the EOR’s galas (see separate story on p67).
With the SDR contracted to provide a steam loco to the Gwili for the season, GWR 2-6-2T No. 5526, which has spent the summer at the Dartmouth Steam Railway (DSR), is due off hire there in mid-September, and will now head to Gwili again until January 2022.