SDDT

Welcome to
SOUTH DEVON DIESEL TRACTION LTD's
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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 a class 20: 20 110 (D8110), two class 25s: D7612 (25 262, 25 901), D7541 (25 191) 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.


D8110 at Buckfastleigh.	D7612 & D7541 at Buckfastleigh April 2011	33 002 At Buckfastleigh with lots of new metal and paint! 9th June2007	55000 Newly outshopped at Staverton.

Here is a website kindly organised by Phil Seymour documenting the restoration of 25 191/D7541

This Website was last updated on 14th May 2013.

New 14th May:

D7612 Has been outshopped ready for it's Summer Hols! Our first class 25 is on it's way to Loughborough, following in the footsteps of 33 002 and is going to visit our friends at the Great Central Railway for the summer. To this end D7612 has had some TLC in the form of new metal to replace old war wounds, restored token catcher recesses and a complete repaint. The first working is their Diesel Gala on the 18th and 19th May.
See the pictures on our:

New 8th April:

Here is a gallery of pictures kindly donated by Rob Kitley of D7541's ongoing restoration and of the SDR gala's we've been involved with so far this year:

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 Caddaford June 08	50 002 on the PDSR Courtesy & © Phil Seymour

Also on the South Devon Railway is Class 09 No. 09 010 (D3721), owned by the South Devon Railway Trust. Class 04 no. D2246, Class 37 No. 37 037 (D6737) & Class 50 No.50 002 (D402) . These three are owned by our sister group, the

D3721 (09 010) at Buckfastleigh.

All pictures are taken by and © myself, Richard Bruford unless otherwise stated.

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Welcome to SOUTH DEVON DIESEL TRACTION LTD'shome page!

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