Seven Class 14s star at 60th anniversary gala

A four-day gala at the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway on July 25-28 celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Class 14 Type 1 diesel hydraulic locomotives (built at Swindon Works in 1964-65), and brought together seven survivors of the once 56-strong class.

Resident D9537 was joined by guests D9504 from the Kent & East Sussex Railway, D9523 from the Wensleydale Railway, D9529 from the Nene Valley Railway, D9551 from the Severn Valley Railway, and D9553 from the Caledonian Railway.

The EVR’s other resident Class 14, D9525, was not fit to haul trains. However, ex-works in original British Railways green, it was able to take part in a one-off septuple-header of one train.