56289 was new to the WR in February 1961. It was withdrawn from Old Oak
Common.
It was preserved on the Battlefield Railway then moved to the Ecclesbourne
Valley Railway in July 2005.
Soon after arriving at the Battlefield Railway. Ian Francis
On the Battlefield Railway, 2nd February 1999. Stuart
Mackay
Soon after arriving on the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway, it
sits on the line's fierce 1 in 27 gradient paired with Class 117 DMBS 51360. Neil
Ferguson-Lee