03/09/2026
The British are coming! Seen on the club’s American modular layout (look for us at RailEx Model Train Show 21 & 22 November 2026) are Euan’s class 24 diesel and 4-6-0 “Sir Lamiel” with passenger sets.
Sir Lamiel was built in June 1925 and spent its working life hauling heavy express passenger loads across the Southern Railway and later Southern Region of British Railways, operating out of depots like Nine Elms, Battersea, and Feltham.
Preserved at the Great Central Railway in Loughborough, this is the only example of the 81 N15 ‘King Arthur’ class remaining. Currently under overhaul, the locomotive is expected to steam later this year.
The class 24 was built in Crewe in February 1960 and was one of 151 units in the class. Originally numbered D5079, it was renumbered as 9679 in the late 1960s/early 1970s before receiving its TOPS number 24079 in 1974.
This locomotive was delivered in East Anglia before transferring almost immediately to Willesden for West Coast Main Line duties.
It spent time at Carlisle Upperby in late 1960 working the Settle-Carlisle and local branch services, before returning south to Willesden for a five-year stint.
It was transferred to the Stoke Division in December 1966 and later Crewe in May 1973. It became a staple on North Wales Coast line passenger duties, Crewe shunters/trip freights, and parcel trains.
Withdrawn in 1976, it was scrapped in 1978.
