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# North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group

The website of the North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group. Preserving North Eastern steam lcomotives in the North East.

## Sitemaps

- [XML Sitemap](https://nelpg.org/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website.

## Posts

- [Posts](https://nelpg.org/posts/)
- [NELPG at S&DR200](https://nelpg.org/nelpg-s-d-r-200/) - 2025 saw the celebration of 200 years of the railway as we know it today. On 27th September 1825, Locomotion No. 1 hauled the first passenger train between Darlington & Stockton, a vision spearheaded by George Stephenson and Edward Pease. 200 years later and our locomotives were used in various locations throughout the year to
- [NELPG win at HRA Awards](https://nelpg.org/nelpg-hra-award-win/) - Owing to the extensive replacement of the Q6’s RH cylinder, NELPG were nominated for "Achievement Of The Year" by the Heritage Railway Association (HRA). At the awards ceremony hosted on Saturday 7th March 2026, attended by many individuals from heritage railways & groups, we were delighted to have won the award, which was accepted by
- [NELPG on Social Media](https://nelpg.org/nelpg-social-media/) - Although ever present on Facebook, We’re excited to announce the launch of our new Instagram page! Both our social media outlets are an extension of the website designed to keep you up to date with the latest news, works and upcoming events we are to be a part of. By following us on social media,
- [A Passion For Steam DVD](https://nelpg.org/a-passion-for-steam-dvd/) - Owing to popular demand at the Passion For Steam talks by Maurice Burns, the DVD has been made available for sale with thanks to Friends Of The Stockton & Darlington Railway. Cost of the DVD is £10.00 (with postage additional) and is available on their website - please click the link below, a description of
- [Titans Of Steam announced](https://nelpg.org/titans-of-steam-announced/) - Saturday 20 September - Sunday 5 October 2025 Titans of Steam (plus footplate access) at Hopetown, Darlington As mentioned previously, the Titans of Steam event featuring our J72, K1, P3 and Q6 has been announced. With steam from the North East very much a theme for the day, Q6 63395 and P3 2392 will feature
- [NELPG at the S&DR200](https://nelpg.org/nelpg-at-the-sdr200/) - Stainmore Railway, Kirkby Stephen East On the weekend of 23rd-25th August, P3 2392 will feature at the Stainmore Railway, Kirkby Stephen East, for their Railway200 celebrations. Featuring steam rides from 9:30am to 5pm, alongside our P3 will be BR Y7 985 and BR Standard 2 78018, returning to where she was based in BR-days. Entry
- [1861 Shed Open Days](https://nelpg.org/1861-shed-open-days/) - Following the move from the Carriage Works to the 1861 Shed, thanks to the efforts of the volunteer team at Darlington in getting established in our new premises, we can now restart the programme of on-site Open Days. They will be held on the first Saturday of each month from 10 am to 3 pm,
- [J72 Livery Ballot Results](https://nelpg.org/j72-livery-ballot-results/) - The result of the North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group’s ballot for the livery to be carried by the J72 following completion of its overhaul was overwhelmingly in favour of NER/BR Station Pilot livery. No fewer than 91% of the votes cast were for this livery option, with the second most favoured option receiving a mere
- [June News Omission](https://nelpg.org/june-news-omission/) - The board would like to apologise for an error which caused the omission of the voting form for the J72 livery ballot with the June 2024 edition of NEWS. This will be corrected in the August edition of NEWS and a new form issued accordingly.
- [Online Shop](https://nelpg.org/online-shop/) - We are working very hard in the background to create, deliver and make available an online shop through this website. You will be able to buy items such as the Christmas Cards, Calendars and even update your membership. It's not a simple task so please bear with us while we get things up and running.

## Pages

- [Home](https://nelpg.org/) - North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group A Marriage of Convenience Find out More Buy Tickets (Kirk Theatre) North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group HELP KEEP NORTHEAST STEAM ALIVE! Click Here For More Information Donate Now! Our Locomotives BR J27 0-6-0 65894 BR J72 0-6-0T 69023 "Joem" BR J94 0-6-0T 68030 (NYMR Project) BR K1 2-6-0 62005 BR
- [Become A Member](https://nelpg.org/become-a-member/) - BECOME A MEMBER Membership Test Page Please note this page is under test and is not an active means of applying for membership. Any information filled in and submitted will be processed, money will not be taken. We will be in touch to arrange payment.Please apply for membership by clicking here. Registration form Full Name: *
- [A Marriage of Convenience](https://nelpg.org/a-marriage-of-convenience/) - A Marriage of Convenience Saturday 24th October 2026 - Kirk Theatre, Pickering Buy Tickets A Marriage Of Convenience An illustrated lecture by John Hunt to kick off NELPG’s Diamond Jubilee year. In the mid-1960s the NELPG had two main line steam locomotives but nowhere to run them while the NYMR had a railway with no suitable
- [Volunteering For Us](https://nelpg.org/volunteers/) - Volunteering For Us What's Involved? The mainstay of our work may involve the repairing, maintaining, overhauling and even running our collection of locos – but it doesn’t stop there!Although engineering skills are required to work on maintaining and restoring the locomotives, they aren’t necessary as we are keen for our volunteers to learn on the
- [NELPG at the S&DR200](https://nelpg.org/nelpg-at-the-s-d-r-200/) - NELPG at the S&DR200 NELPG at the S&DR200 2025 was the celebratory year of 200 years of the railway. 27th September 1825 saw Locomotion No. 1 hauling the first passenger train between Darlington & Stockton, 200 years later and our locomotives were used in various locations throughout the year to help celebrate when the railway became
- [About](https://nelpg.org/about/) - About NELPG About Us The NELPG was formed on 28th October 1966 during a meeting in The Bridge Hotel, Newcastle with one aim – to preserve examples of the last remaining classes of North Eastern Railway locomotives operating on British Railways. One year later, this small band of enthusiasts managed to raise the £1,400 needed
- [Donate Now](https://nelpg.org/donate-now/) - Donate To NELPG Your Donations Help Keep Us On Track Donate to NELPG We couldn’t overhaul and run our locomotives without the help and support from our volunteers and working members. But it isn’t just the workforce who are the unsung heroes.Our recent public appeal to help fund a new cylinder for our Q6 63395,
- [Memorabilia Category](https://nelpg.org/memorabilia/) - Memorabilia Add to basket Your Basket Product CategoriesClothingMembershipMemorabilia
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- [Shop](https://nelpg.org/shop/) - Online Shop Select options Select options Select options Select options Add to basket Add to basket Your Basket Product CategoriesClothingMembershipMemorabilia
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- [Donor dashboard](https://nelpg.org/donor-dashboard/)
- [NELPG News Archive](https://nelpg.org/nelpg-news/)
- [Our Locos](https://nelpg.org/our-locos/) - Our Locos Current Locomotives The NELPG was formed in 1966 to preserve examples of the last remaining classes of North Eastern Railway locomotives operating on British Railways. Having managed to raise the sum of £1,400 needed to purchase its first locomotive, J27 No. 65894, all efforts of our enthusiasts were turned to save the last
- [Contact Us](https://nelpg.org/contact-us/) - Contact Us Contact Us Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Your Name *Reason For Enquiry *General EnquiryMembershipLoco Hire Email Message Reason Email *Your Message *Privacy *I consent to this website storing my submitted information so they can respond to my inquiry. Click to view privacy policy.SEND MESSAGE Contact Info Please feel free
- [S&DR 150 Talk](https://nelpg.org/s-d-r-150-talk/) - S & D 150 - "A Passion For Steam" S & D 150 - "A Passion For Steam" AN Introduction The August of 1975 saw a feat like no other in railway preservation history. On the week of August 24th-31st 1975, with Shildon playing host as the backdrop, no less than 30 locomotives took charge
- [J94 68030](https://nelpg.org/j94-68030/) - J94 68030 BR J94 68030 The Project Built in 1952 for the National Coal Board by the Hunslet Engine Company, as works No.3777, to the design used to supply to the Ministry of Defence. Austerity 0-6-0Ts were also built for British Rail service and classified as J94 – although it was never in BR service,
- [J72 69023](https://nelpg.org/j72-69023/) - J72 69023 "Joem" BR 0-6-0T 69023 "Joem" A Brief History The N.E.R. E1 Class of locomotive is a remarkable design being unique in that it was constructed over a period of 54 years, by 3 different railway companies. Designed by Wilson Worsdell for the North Eastern Railway and introduced in December 1898, the first 20
- [1861 Shed, Darlington](https://nelpg.org/1861-shed-darlington/) - 1861 Shed 1861 Shed, Darlington After Darlington Borough Council reacquired the buildings which housed the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, Darlington Railway Preservation Society and North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group as part of the development of what is now known as Hopetown Museum, the 3 groups were ‘rehomed’. NELPG are now located in the former Whessoe
- [Our Workshops](https://nelpg.org/our-workshops/) - Our Workshops Our Workshops We frequently have active working parties on our locomotives in various locations in the North. Feel free to browse below, click and find out how to help us! 1861 Shed, DarlingtonDL3 0QTThe group moved in to the newly restored shed in June 2023, sharing with Darlington Railway Preservation Society. Deviation Shed,
- [Q6 63395](https://nelpg.org/q6-63395/) - Q6 63395 BR 0-8-0 Q6 63395 A Brief History The Q6 was an unglamorous freight workhorse that plied the tracks of the north east of England for 50 years. Remarkably, along with the J27s, it was one of the very few pre-Grouping steam locomotives to survive right up to the end of steam on British
- [J27 65894](https://nelpg.org/j27-65894/) - J27 65894 BR 0-6-0 J27 65894 A Brief History Outshopped from Darlington North Road Works on 19th September 1923, 65894 spent most of its B.R. career at York, frequently to be viewed from main line trains as it stood in the Engineer’s yard north of the City. In 1963 during a visit to Darlington works
- [K1 62005](https://nelpg.org/k1-62005/) - K1 62005 BR 2-6-0 K1 62005 A Brief History K1 62005 was designed by the London and North Eastern Railway, built by the North British Locomotive Company in their Queen’s Park Works, Glasgow as NBL no 26609 and delivered to the fledgling British Railways in June 1949.62005, like all of the class went for running
- [Image Gallery](https://nelpg.org/gallery/) - Image Gallery Gallery Below are a selection of images of our locomotives hard at work.Images have been kindly supplied by John Hunt and Andrew Jeffrey.
- [News Subscribe](https://nelpg.org/loco-updates/) - News Subscribe News Subscribe For up-to-the-minute updates on our locomotives and the group, Follow Us On Facebook! For detailed updates about the Group’s general work and overhaul updates of our locomotive fleet, the information is published in NELPG NEWS every two months.If you want to be notified when the latest edition of NELPG NEWS is available
- [Carnforth MPD](https://nelpg.org/carnforth-mpd/) - Carnforth MPD Carnforth MPD The main shed at Carnforth was built during the Second World War in 1942 by Italian prisoners of war, replacing 3 already existing depots – the Furness Railway shed (demolished in 1938-39), the London North Western Railway shed (demolished a few years later) and the Midland Railway shed, located on the
- [Deviation Shed, Grosmont](https://nelpg.org/deviation-shed-grosmont/) - Deviation Shed Deviation Shed, Grosmont The obvious requirement for us was to have covered shelter for our locomotives for both storage and workshop. A start was made in 1978 on the construction of what would be called Deviation shed. It was built by NELPG volunteers, though it took eight years of hard graft to see
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## Products

- [Online Donation](https://nelpg.org/product/online-donation/) - We couldn’t overhaul and run our locomotives without your kind donations to help fund repairs & overhauls. Your donations help keep us on track - we are ever grateful for every penny raised.
- [Joint Adult Membership](https://nelpg.org/product/joint-adult-membership/) - Joint Adult Membership Shop / Membership / Joint Adult Membership Joint Adult Membership £25.00 – £30.00Price range: £25.00 through £30.00 Join NELPG today and help support our mission in preserving North East steam. When you become a member, you will support the group in both the overhauling, maintenance and running of our valued and much
- [Adult Membership](https://nelpg.org/product/adult-membership/) - Adult Membership Shop / Membership / Adult Membership Adult Membership £20.00 – £25.00Price range: £20.00 through £25.00 Join NELPG today and help support our mission in preserving North East steam. When you become a member, you will support the group in both the overhauling, maintenance and running of our valued and much loved locomotives.Of course,
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- [NELPG Beanie Hat](https://nelpg.org/product/nelpg-beanie-hat/) - NELPG Beanie Hat Shop / Clothing / NELPG Beanie Hat NELPG Beanie Hat £8.00 Black beanie hat with NELPG’s new logo.
- [NELPG Christmas Cards](https://nelpg.org/product/nelpg-christmas-cards/) - Pack of 5 Christmas cards, see gallery for card designs. Priced at £6.00 including postage.

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