Welcome to
SOUTH DEVON DIESEL TRACTION LTD's
home page!

We are a small company, formed to preserve, operate & hire out ex B.R. Diesel locomotives, based on the at Buckfastleigh, Devon. We currently own two class 20s: 20 110 (D8110) and 20 118 (D8118), a class 25: D7612 (25 262, 25 901) and a class 33: 33 002 (D6501).

We also have under a long lease from the South Devon Railway Trust the first BR Class 122 'Bubble Car' - 55000 - built 1958.

New 21st January: W55000 Outshopped! Some more pictures on the:

FACTS & FIGURES

For those interested, we have prepared a page for each of our locos, with photographs, some history and a selection of interesting facts and figures:

CONTACTING US & USEFUL LINKS

Here you may contact us or go to other related web sites:

OUR OTHER PAGES

We strive to Keep you up to date with our news. Here you will find the


and to view our older news stories, here's our

Fancy driving a 1000+ hp diesel loco? If so try one of our DRIVER EXPERIENCE days. Click on the image to the left for details.

Also on the South Devon Railway is Class 04 no. D2246, Class 37 No. 37 037 & Class 50 No.50 002 . These are owned by our sister group, the


The SDR Trust own D3666/09 002, the first 09 to be preserved, but it needs a lot of wheel and axle box work before it can enter traffic, which we are currently fundraising for. If you feel you can help, please contact one of us us above.