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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.


D7612 At Totnes after working a 'River Rail' Train.	8110 & 20 118 at Buckfastleigh	33 002 At Buckfastleigh with lots of new metal and paint! 9th June2007	55000 at Caddaford

This Website was last updated on 20th June 2009.

New 20th June: We Held our annual Diesel Gala over the weekend of June 13th & 14th Here are the details:

NEWSFLASH; 20 110's turn for a summer holiday at the Spa Valley Railway!

mainly for their DIESEL GALA, on the 7th, 8th & 9th August:

20 110 Left Buckfastleigh, Tunbridge Wells bound on a Heanor Lorry last Tuesday. To see the details on the South East Loco Group website click here.

20 110 near Seven Oaks, Courtesy & © Chris Nye.

Click Here for the:

New 5th June: June update on the:

New 12th February: A page showing a brief History of 33 002's career before we bought her:

Here is the SDR 2009 Diesel Roster, correct at the 5th June.:

And Here is the details for the 2009 Diesel Driver Experience:

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:

We also own various support vehicles, for details of these visit our

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

Our quarterly magazines can also be viewed by clicking on this

We have held various diesel galas in recent years, some pictures of them can be found here:

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.


DDS 04 number D2246	37 037 at Buckfastleigh April 05	50 002 on the PDSR Courtesy & © Phil Seymour

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.

Welcome to SOUTH DEVON DIESEL TRACTION LTD'shome page!

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