The South Devon Railway has announced that Class 47 No. 47715 will be visiting them for their Diesel Gala this month.

47715 will be working trains on both the 8th and 9th November, and visits thanks to Rail Engineering Solutions.

This will mark the first visit of a Class 47 to the South Devon Railway in a number of years.

The 47 will join Class 56 locomotives 56045 and 56103 in visiting from DCRail as well as Class 04 D2246, Class 04 D2271, Class 25 D7612 and Class 33 33002 at the gala.

A working timetable is now available to download, and tickets can be bought on the South Devon Railway website.

Recently outshopped in striking new RES livery, this Class 47 will be a popular addition to the event. This will be the first visit in many years of a Class 47 to the South Devon Railway.

SDR Spokesperson