The Lord Oliver Brown Locomotive - TKh 5374

The Lord Oliver Brown Locomotive - TKh 5374 Proudy based at the Plym Valley Railway.

Welcome to The Lord Oliver Brown Locomotive page - an award-winning polish TKh49 0-6-0 restored in honour of Oliver Brown to raise funds and awareness for Children's Hospice South West.

We are delighted to announce that Lord Oliver Brown has arrived at the South Devon Railway and left the Plym Valley Rail...
09/06/2026

We are delighted to announce that Lord Oliver Brown has arrived at the South Devon Railway and left the Plym Valley Railway temporarily for the first time in 10 years. Looking forward to seeing it? Get your tickets for the mixed traction weekend on June 20th and 21st now!

09/05/2026

Throwback to last Christmas when we were working hard pulling the Plym Valley Railway’s Christmas trains

Works have continued on getting Lord Oliver Brown ready for a busy summer ahead! The locomotive is now back in the 1st c...
09/05/2026

Works have continued on getting Lord Oliver Brown ready for a busy summer ahead! The locomotive is now back in the 1st coat of its iconic colours and the mechanical lubricator clutch strip down is finally over. After a long battle and a soak of the clutch in diesel for a week, it all came apart. The body which holds in the rollers and springs was found to be cracked (some of these cracks would have been caused by the strip down, some look like they've been there a while) and you can also see pitting in the sidewalls where the rollers were pressed against the side- all this would have caused the lubricator to loose some of its motion. The next stage is to machine a new body out of steel and re-fit new rollers and springs.

It won't be long before we will be back out again - what content and videos would you like to see on here? Let us know below 👇

30/04/2026

Whilst the locomotive is taking a bit of a break from trains this month we have taken the opportunity to tackle some more maintenance. We currently have a slipping mechanical lubricator clutch so that is being stripped and repaired (does anyone hold drawings for these lubricators?)- as is often the case this has proven more challenging than you would think without having prior knowledge of what's inside.

Earlier on in the month, our air pump suffered from a cracked delivery air valve, resulting in the pump not delivering the air pressure required. We think this breakage was caused by the method we previously used to extract the valves - one of our volunteers created an extraction tool to make this job a lot easier and it reduced the strain on the casting.

If you want to get involved and keep Lord Oliver Brown maintained get in touch!

What's happening to Lord Oliver Brown? We are taking a month or so out to improve some of the paintwork before a busy su...
22/04/2026

What's happening to Lord Oliver Brown? We are taking a month or so out to improve some of the paintwork before a busy summer ahead!

We can certainly get used to this - another opportunity to see and ride behind Lord Oliver Brown this weekend! Lord Oliv...
18/04/2026

We can certainly get used to this - another opportunity to see and ride behind Lord Oliver Brown this weekend! Lord Oliver Brown will be pulling trains tomorrow (19/4), partnering with the intercity Sentinel No 10077. We reckon this is almost certainly preservation's most authentic pairing and it's the first time they've pulled trains together. Don't miss out and head to Plym Valley Railway. And remember to say hi to our pink duck Sir-Quacks-A-Watt as he bobs up and down.

15/04/2026

A locomotive designed to make you smile!

11/04/2026

Look at them now!

10/04/2026

Last week, after a few engineering jobs were undertaken, some of our hard-working volunteers had the chance to get their hands on the regulator and shovel after all their valiant effort over the years! It was a really rewarding day! Lord Oliver Brown is next planned to pull trains on Sunday 19th April at the Plym Valley Railway. Will you be coming?

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Plym Valley Railway
Plymouth
PL74NW

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