Class 47 to visit Churnet Valley for five years
PRESENTLY based at the Nottingham Heritage Railway, No. 47292 is to be moved to the Churnet Valley Railway for an initial five-year loan. The Brush Type 4 should arrive at its new base in the next few weeks, and, over the summer, is expected to share regular Saturday diesel duties with Nos. 33021 and 33102. Like many other railways, the line has increased its amount of diesel running in 2022, and is also planning to create its own steam heat van to enable winter running to take place and provide flexibility in the event of steam traction being unavailable.
No. 47292 is operational and carries large logo livery but without full yellow cabs – a colour scheme carried by a small number of Class 47s based at Stratford in the 1980s.
The Class 47 is one of a number of items of rolling stock to leave the Nottingham Heritage Railway on a temporary basis. No. 08114 is visiting the Epping Ongar Railway for the summer, while Mk.1 TSO No. 4207 arrived at the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway on May 23 for a period on loan.