It has been a challenge to research the motive power that has visited the Dart Valley Railway and the South Devon Railway (between Signal E296 at Totnes and the buffer stops at Ashburton since 1965 until present.  Some have simply arrived for work to be done on them in the Workshops, and may have arrived and/or departed by road transport. We have shown some with dates alongside - in some cases these include arrival or departure dates, or the period in which they are known to have been on the SDR.   There is no claim that the following list is complete - but if you can assist in this area, please use the Contact Us link.


GREAT WESTERN LOCOMOTIVES:
GWS Steam Rail Motor No. 93.  February 2013

1369  (Purchase price £690) (Arrived GWS Totnes Depot 20th February 1965).  Arrived on the railway 1st April 1966.
1420  Arrived on the railway 27th October 1965.
1450  Summer 1997, 19th August to 13th September 2010 and Winter 2012/13. Winter Gala 2016 - arrived approx 8th February 2016.
1466  Arrived on the railway 2nd April 1966. Only visit to Ashburton during preservation on 25/11/67, thence to Totnes GWS    
                depot, on to Laira and transfer to Didcot Nov/Dec 1967.            
1638  Arrived at Buckfastleigh 25th November 1967
2873 (chassis only)
3205  Arrived on the railway 2nd October 1965 hauling Auto Trailers 240 and 238
3440  City of Truro.  Arrived 8th June 1992

3803  Picture in Bulliver 180 (minus tender) at Buckfastleigh December 1983. Returned to SDR March 6th 2000

4160  Summer 2006
4247  Arrived 9th September 2009, returned 4th November 2009
4555  Arrived on the railway 2nd October 1965 hauling Auto Trailers 232 and 225
4561
4566
4567  8th Sept 1962 on PRC Brake Van Special (not officially in DVR/SDR days)
4588  2nd October 1971

4612  2016 Winter Gala - arrived approx 8th February 2016, on loan from the Bodmin & Wenford Railway.

4920  Left for Paignton 12th July 1991. Picture in Bulliver 180 taken at Totnes 26th September 1999

5029  See Bulliver page 4 issue 131 February 17th 1995
5239
5322  July 2010
5526
5541  Worked trains on 14th October 1995
5542  April 2006, January 2009 and Winter 2012/13.
5552  August 2007 & January - April 2009
5764  April - July 1993
5786  (L92)  This loco travels away fro the SDR on hire from time to time - including spending the Summer 2016 at Chinnor & Princes Risborough.
6412  Returned 30th May 2006
6430  June 2006, and Summer 2012.
6435  Arrived on the railway before October 1965. April 2009
6695  April 2009
7027

7325  9th November 1996 and 26th October 1997

7714  1994
7760  March 1997
7752  July 1992
7802  Arrived 20th January on layover from mainline run.  Worked service trains 11/2/96. Returned (engine only) 4/11/2009. Departed 18th February 2010.

7822  April 2005                          
7827  Early 1970's - towed Totnes to Ashburton and back - early 1980's. Guest engine September 2013.
9017  Arrived 31st March 2011
9466  arrived 27th September 2010 by main line.                  TOTAL 43 (at present)

LONDON MIDLAND

41312  Ivatt 2-6-2 tank - arrived 1st October 2018

(4)2968   26th October 1997

42978  (42968?)
44871  arrived 4th April 2010. Returned to main line 7th April 2010
45407  29th March 2007.  South Hams Pony.

46521  Arrived 15th April 2014

47383  Thomas

47406 

STANDARD
70013  arrived 4th April 2010. Returned to main line 7th April 2010
76079  31st May 2006.  South Hams Pony.
78019  April-June 2012

80064  Arrived Buckfastleigh February 1973. Left in 1984 for the Bluebell Railway and returned again 20th August 1992.

80072  Easter 2012
80078  January/February 2008

80098  South Hams Pony Special - 21st April 2000

80104  12th December 2008 from Swanage until May 2009

LNER

60009  "Union of South Africa" - arrived 16th August 2015.  Left for the main line on 3rd September 2015. 

69023  "Joem"   July 1991
69621  Left March 2011

SOUTHERN
Beattie WT 30587  Carried No. 3298. Built 1874. Displayed in Museum until 2002. Worked on SDR July 2003. Arrived 7th February 2016.

30053  M7 from Swanage, arrived 12th February 2014 for Winter Steam Gala Weekends 15/16/21/22/23 Feb. 2014

30065 (carrying No. 65) USA Tank from Kent and East Sussex Railway. - worked 3rd- 8th July 2014

INDUSTRIALS
68009 (from Loughborough)  Arrived 8th June 1992
Ashley (Peckett 2031 Class M5). Built 1942. Arrived 23rd September 1969.
Lady Angela.   Built 1926. Arrived 1976.
Sapper (WD 132).  This now resides on the East Lancs Railway.
68011 Errol Lonsdale  (WD196)  Arrived 1992.  Left SDR 6th December 2009
Glendower  (Hunslet 3810)  Built 1954.  Steamed after overhaul 9th March 1991
Barbara  (Hunslet 3882) Now named Douglas, and resides at the Ribble Steam Railway in Preston.  It has lost the saddle tanks and gained a tender.
Hams Hall No. 4 (Percy) Peckett 0-4-0ST 1738 arrived November 22nd 1995
Meteor (31) Arrived 30th April 1993. RSH works no. 7609 of 1950.
Joseph  July 1991  (This appears to have been renamed Sapper in late 1994)
2766 (A Bagnall)
19 (A Bagnall)  April 1992

71578  (A Bagnall 0-6-0) Built 1944. From Bodmin 5th July 2018.
Carnarvon (5474) Moved to Buckfastleigh Works May 2015 for stripping/restoration. Owned by the Worcester Locomotive Society.
Alfred  (from Bodmin & Wenford Railway)  May 1994 & May 1996
Tiny (Broad Gauge) (property of NRM).  On display in the SDR Museum at Buckfastleigh.
Lee Moor (Peckett works number 784, Lee Moor No. 2)  Arrived 2nd November 2001
No, 34 - Port of Bristol "Kilmersdon" 0-6-0T   Workshops 2012/13
Ivor The Engine - Winter 2008
Locomotion July 1995

Sentinel "Susan" arrived 15th April 2014 for Workshop attention, and departed late Summer 2015.

DIESELS
11216  (D2246 - Class O4)

08483  Loaned by Laira Depot for Diesel Gala 2nd-4th November 2018

08644  Diesel Gala November 2017 - loaned by GWR Laira
09002  (D3666)
09010  (D3721) arrived 18th October 2010
D810    (Enterprise) Out of Service at Buckfastleigh - Bulliver No. 99 Winter 1987/88
D1023  (Western Fusilier)
D1072  10th January 1972 to collect locos for Paignton
D2192

D2271  Class 04 purchased by 5542 Group from West Somerset - arrived 1st November 2018

D5343  (26043) Class 26 attended SDR Diesel Gala November 2015, from Gloucester & Warwickshire Railway
D6339  14th May 1966 propelled weedkiller train onto the railway at Totnes
D7017  Diesel Gala - October 1995

D7535  Arrived from P&DSR to make a new home on the SDR - 12th October 2018
D7612 (25262)

D8568  Class 17 Clayton on loan from Chinnor & Princes Risborough - Diesel Gala November 2017

D9526  Teddy Bear Class 14 from West Somerset Railway - arrived on 8th October 2018 for use at 2018 Diesel Gala.

20096  11th June 2005
20110  (D8110)  -  left the railway 9th April 2014
20118  Subsequently sold to Harry Needle and now (2016) working on main line hire. Carried name: Saltburn by the Sea.
20166  May 2003
20227  June 2006
20901  Visited with the Chipman Weedkiller train 9th April 1989 and 4th April 1991.
20904  Visited the line with the Chipman Weedkiller train 9th April 1989 and 4th April 1991
20905  11th June 2005

24081  (D5081) viisited from the Gloucester & Warwickshire Railway for the SDR Autumn Diesel Gala 2016
25191  (D7541)
25901  (25262) (D7612)

31108  (D5526) Arrived 5th June 2007 - to stay for approx 12 months

31406  Visited the line with the Chipmans weed killer train 23rd April1987
31463  Stock Transfer Buckfastleigh to Paignton, 15th May 1987

31601  Arrived 3/5/15 for painting into DCR colours and naming Devon Diesel Society. Left 24th May 2015

33002  (D6501)
33110  May 2003
33202  (D6587)  August 2007
37037  (37321/D6737)
37314  Dazell  June 2006
37423  3rd June 2008
D6975  arrived 8th April 2014 - left the SDR for a new home on the P&DSR 8th October 2018
43032  26th April 1997  SDR125 Special from London, out and return to Heathfield
43140  26th April 1997  Detail as above.  This power car led the train to Buckfastleigh

43187  10th October 2015. GWR Charity Special from Paddington,This Power Car led the train to Buckfastleigh.

43188  10th October 2015. GWR Charity Special from Paddington.  Out and return to Heathfield.
47079  28th April 1988 on the Chipman Weedkilling Train - see Bulliver 102 - letter from Eric Gotham
47150  June 2005
47197  June 2004
47279  May 2003
47309  27th April 2008
47335  5th October 1987 at Totnes E296
47375  27th April 2008
47580  May 2009
47710  Lady Godiva
47712   28th October 2006
47786   3rd May 1997 (Named Roy Castle OBE)
47813  11th June 2006
47814  3rd May 1997.   Named at Totnes- Totnes Castle
47818   Emily  June 2006
47832   28th October 2006  Driver Tom Clark OBE
50002  (D402)
55019  11th June 2005
Fowler  (MFP4)
Yorkie   (LO52)
Ruston (Dusty)
Alfred   (from Bodmin & Wenford Railway) (Thomas Weekend May 1996)
55000   (122 100)
142015  )  31st May 1987
142016  )
150130     27th August 2011
M51592  )   These two vehicles were transferred to the Mid-Hants Railway by their owners in
M51604  )   February 2012, and subsequently cut up as being uneconomic to repair. The trailer was 59619.

Hastings Unit 1001   9th May 1998 and 11th August 1999  (Eclipse Day Special)

Tamper 73905 "Eddie King" - 18th-21st September 2000
Midland Railway Centre Tamper 73202 - June 2002
Tamper 73806 August 5th 2002 - brand new Seco machine (worth £1.5m  !)
Tamper 73315  March 2011
ST525 - Tamper from Contract Track Services  March 1997
Tamper 73274   Arrived 2011

A Steam Crane - later transferred to the Paignton & Dartmouth Railway

Wickham Trolleys - Glendower Group, Bernard Wickham, London Group, Worcester Group

Matisa Units (2) - later transferred to the Paignton & Dartmouth Railway

.........and of course including the two class 20's (numbers unknown) on the Chipman Weedkiller train on 4th April 1991 (Bulliver No. 113), and an earlier visit by 20901 and 20904 - seen at Staverton by Bryan Gibson on 9th April 1989.
and the 4-wheel drive Land Rover Discovery in Police Colours on the line 17th October 1989 - See Bulliver No. 107.
David Keogh has written to say that he has a picture of 47335 at the Totnes link to the mainline, on the rear of an engineers train on 5/10/87 and has now sent this on to us as confirmation. Thank you David.

If you have knowledge of those we have missed, then please use the "Contact Us" section.       (25th March 2013)