5619 bows out at Horsehay
Last day
28 December 2025
No sunshine, grey diesels and BR
black loco: I’ll present this outing in
b&w...
It’s ex-GWR 0-6-2T 5619’s last day in
steam before its 10-year overhaul -
and it’s probably my last railway
outing of 2025. I probably wouldn’t have
bothered, but a good friend told me he’d be visiting - let’s make
it a social event too!
I arrived in time to see the day’s first train return to Spring
Village platform - super-powered! Three locomotives for two
coaches. The 37 would be coming off after this run, and today’s
“Winter Warmer” service at the Telford Steam Railway would
Geoff’s Rail Diaries
continue with just the 08 at one end,
and 5619 at t’other.
We enjoyed a ride out to Lawley
Village (my first trip along the
extension) and back to Horsehay and
Dawley station, then watched the train
depart energetically back up the bank.
Inevitably, we had moments for photos of 5619 before we were
engulfed by the steam from under the bridge... Time now for a
warming drink, before my firend had to set off homewards. I’ll
do the same soon after - it’s been a very pleasant outing, but
the sun isn’t going to shine on this determinedly grey day
Link: Telford Steam Railway
