Internal Combustion & Electric Locomotives

D1994 Eastleigh

Built in 1994. Originally Eastleigh had a Lister/Petter 2.2 litre air cooled diesel with a Linde 20HP variable swash plate pump and two Linde 10hp motors one on each bogie but was found this to be somewhat overpowered. The engine was replaced with a smaller water cooled diesel power unit.

Our longest serving Diesel at the railway, D1994 can often be seen on our weekday passenger services outside of school holidays during June, July and September, and also at the head of some weekend services when we are busy!

D801 Vanguard

Our biggest and most powerful diesel at the ELMR! She has had a varied career running at railways at Paignton Zoo and Knebworth Park, before being purchased by the Hastings Miniature Railway. After an extended period on loan to the ELMR, she became a resident in 2022.

D801 Vanguard is loosely modelled on a Warship Diesel Hydraulic, used on the Western Region of British Railways. She is a Diesel Mechanical and is used almost daily when we run trains, to haul our 'tunnel train', bringing often over 20 carriages up our steep gradients from the tunnel to Parkway Station every morning, and the return journey in the evening after the railway has closed!

25179 Loch Lee

Built by A W Allcock in 1974, Loch Lee was the first of the three ex KMR Class 25s to be built. She was originally named Waverley and ran at the North Midland Railway in Loughborough for 2 years when built, before moving to the Isle of Mull. She ran on the Isle of Mull Railway from 1982 before eventually making her way to the Kerrs Miniature Railway in 2015.

Prior to her arrival at the KMR she was overhauled and converted to Diesel Hydraulic by RVM Engineering in Hastings. She arrived at the ELMR in April 2025 and was immediately pressed into front line passenger service! Loch Lee is often in use at Weekends on our secondary service, as well as during off peak weekday services.

25081 Elliot

25081 was completed for the Kerr's Miniature Railway in 1981. Following a period of unreliability with another home fleet KMR loco, and the success of Tony Allcock's Class 25 prototype (fellow resident Loch Lee), Matthew Kerr Jr commissioned Martin Eastwood to provide a second example of the class for the KMR.

Having been a regular running at the KMR until its closure, Elliot moved to the ELMR in May 2025. Unlike her sisters Loch Lee and Angus, Elliot is the unique surviving member of the trio to retain its original Morris 1000 Engine! 

D7594 Angus

The youngest of the Class 25s in the fleet. D7594 Angus was completed in 1994 by Martin Eastwood to the same design as Loch Lee, built by Tony Allcock.

She wears BR Green Livery and bears the name of the county in which the Kerr's Miniature Railway was situated. She arrived at the railway in late May 2025. Angus is out of service awaiting major overhaul. It currently has no Engine or Gearbox, but will be rebuilt with a similar Diesel Hydraulic set up to Loch Lee. She will join her sisters in service once this is completed. 

D2000 Thunderbolt

Thunderbolt is a Petrol Mechanical Locomotive. Modified extensively over the years, she was originally built as an Electric Locomotive built to run off a very rudimental 3rd Rail electric supply at a miniature railway in Maldon, Essex. She was later purchased by the Hastings Miniature Railway and converted to her current petrol mechanical set up, albeit on 4 wheels. She now has 6 wheels, which had previously been used under a Severn Lamb Rio Grande.

She was purchased by a consortium of ELMR Volunteers for use at the railway in 2022 and received an overhaul and cab redesign and full repaint in BR Two Tone Green. Thunderbolt is often used often on our Standby Diesel Services at weekends as well as taking her turn on off peak weekday duties!

No. 92 Florence

'Florence' was built in 1999, and was powered by a Kubota two cylinder water cooled diesel hydraulic drive system. She had a red body but with blue wheels in order to make her bodywork interchangeable with her guise as Thomas The Tank Engine, for our popular Day Out with Thomas events. Florence is named in memory of a lady who died at the age of 92 and left a legacy to the railway.

In 2021, 'Florence' was completely redesigned, and was subsequently rebuilt built by Dan Radcliffe and RVM Engineering in Hastings. It now has brand new bogies and is electricly powered. Her old 0-6-0 Chassis was donated along with the Thomas Bodywork, to make a new engine for the ELMR, LBSCR E2 'Clive'.