A deal has been struck between the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway and the 6880 Betton Grange Society which will see 6880 Betton Grange based at the railway for the foreseeable future.

The GWSR was the first railway that the locomotive ran on following completion at Tyseley Locomotive Works.

The locomotive performed well during the line’s Cotswold Festival of Steam and is currently at the Battlefield Line for their Santa trains.

6880 will arrive at its new base in February 2025 after appearing at the Great Central Railway during January.

“The Society’s committee unanimously agreed that the GWSR is the ideal base for the locomotive.  We are very impressed with the facilities at Toddington, both for locomotives and for volunteers with the outstanding mess facilities in ‘The Goods Shed’. 

Richard Cadge, Chairman of the 6880 Betton Grange Society