Date: 03/08/2017

RAILWAY locomotive Repton is making a return on the heritage North Yorkshire Moors Railway for the summer run. The SR No. 926 Repton has undergone an extensive overhaul. She has been running in her British Railways colours and numbering as 30926 but will return to traffic in Southern Railways olive green livery under her old number 926. Designed by Richard Maunsell for Southern Railway in 1930, the V Class, better known as the Schools Class as all locomotives were named after English public schools. These engines were intended to meet a need for an intermediate passenger locomotive for routes which needed power, but couldn't handle large express engines.

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RAILWAY locomotive Repton is making a return on the heritage North Yorkshire Moors Railway for the summer run.

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Ex-SR Schools class 4-4-0 no 30926 Repton drifts into Goathland in July 2007 with a train for Whitby.
Location: Goathland
Company: Goathland Deviation (North Eastern Railway)
09/07/2007 Bruce McCartney

30926 Repton leaves Levisham bound for Pickering in May 2004.
Location: Levisham
Company: Whitby and Pickering Railway
/05/2004 Colin Miller

The SR Schools class locomotives were the most powerful 4-4-0s ever built. Preserved example 30926 Repton, is receiving attention at Grosmont shed on 3 April 2008.
Location: Grosmont
Company: Whitby and Pickering Railway
03/04/2008 John Furnevel