2016
Photos from the 2016 Newport Workshops open day. This year we see:
Z526 (aka "Polly", formerly "Steam Crane No 3") from Scienceworks, with the Veteran Car Set from the VGR. Polly was the first loco to be built at Newport; Y419 (aka Y112); Rs 707, 761 and 711; Ks 190 (repainted in the weeks leading up) and 160 (heavy overhaul); J541 under overhaul for the YVR; A2 986 in her first public appearance after painting; A brief cameo from D3 639
Diesels: 707 Ops newly repainted F208 and W244, partly repainted after the second Newport fire; DERMs 58 and 56 (overhaul); and Steamrail's S313, M232 (231 with 232s plates. 232 was the last loco built at Newport), Ts 364 and 356, and various stored Ys. Electrics: Hitachi set 281+282M, and 295+296M, and Tait 381M.
Z526 (aka "Polly", formerly "Steam Crane No 3") from Scienceworks, with the Veteran Car Set from the VGR. Polly was the first loco to be built at Newport; Y419 (aka Y112); Rs 707, 761 and 711; Ks 190 (repainted in the weeks leading up) and 160 (heavy overhaul); J541 under overhaul for the YVR; A2 986 in her first public appearance after painting; A brief cameo from D3 639
Diesels: 707 Ops newly repainted F208 and W244, partly repainted after the second Newport fire; DERMs 58 and 56 (overhaul); and Steamrail's S313, M232 (231 with 232s plates. 232 was the last loco built at Newport), Ts 364 and 356, and various stored Ys. Electrics: Hitachi set 281+282M, and 295+296M, and Tait 381M.