One down: one to go! Urie S15 No. 506 returns to action
THERE were scenes of elation at the Mid-Hants Railway’s Alresford station on Sunday, June 2, when the Urie Locomotive Society (ULS) relaunched one of its two Urie S15s, No. 506, following an 18-year overhaul.
The Eastleigh-built 4-6-0 looked stunning in its shiny Southern wartime black livery with sunshine lettering as it was formally returned to revenue-earning service at the Watercress Line.
Crowds cheered as the locomotive’s whistle sounded, before its cylinder drain cocks opened and the first barks of its exhaust resonated across the station – which brought tears of joy to some of those who’ve spent more years than they care to remember beavering away on one of their beloved locomotives.
As featured in issue 250, the ULS
