urie locomotive society
Welcome to the Urie Locomotive Society
The aim of the society is to preserve an example of Robert Urie’s class S15 4-6-0 locomotives for operation on Britain’s heritage steam railways. In fact, the society owns the only two surviving Urie S15’s, numbers 499 and 506, built for the London & South Western Railway in 1920 to haul heavy goods trains. To compliment our engines, the society also owns a range of ten typical goods vans and wagons to form a short goods train.
Nos. 506 was restored from Barry scrapyard condition between 1976 and 1987 and ran on the Mid-Hants Railway for fourteen years before being withdrawn in 2001. It is currently having a full overhaul with the intention to return it to steam in 2012. Nos. 499 is a long-term restoration project to bring her from Barry scrapyard condition to full working order. Much work has been done, on wheels and frames and a new appeal will be launched in 2010 to complete its restoration to run alongside 506. Please have a look around our web-site and bookmark it for future visits.
Urie S15 No. 498 at Eastleigh in official photographic grey livery in 1920. (Mr A Major)
Nos. 506 was restored from Barry scrapyard condition between 1976 and 1987 and ran on the Mid-Hants Railway for fourteen years before being withdrawn in 2001. It is currently having a full overhaul with the intention to return it to steam in 2012. Nos. 499 is a long-term restoration project to bring her from Barry scrapyard condition to full working order. Much work has been done, on wheels and frames and a new appeal will be launched in 2010 to complete its restoration to run alongside 506. Please have a look around our web-site and bookmark it for future visits.
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The Urie Locomotive Society Limited is registered as a private limited company number 4703357. 
Registered address is Felmersham, Osmington Mills, Weymouth, Dorset DT3 6HE.
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