We run public outings on the main-line railway network, in our lovingly restored 1957-vintage train.
In main-line preservation since 1996
Hastings Diesels Ltd
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Oh, go on then!
Here's our cab video of our Hastings DEMU crossing the Forth Bridge. 😊
youtu.be/v3kr8EZ9V7Y
👀 New railtour alert!
📅 Saturday 20 June 2026: HDL ‘English Riviera Express’ railtour to Exeter and Paignton
For details and bookings, please visit our website:
www.hastingsdiesels.co.uk/paignton
Incongruity rating: 13/10
The GOSH Ness Monster charter by the Branch Line Society got our Hastings DEMU all the way to Edinburgh Waverley from Hastings, on time.
Tickets are still available on the train for tomorrow’s run to Inverness and Aberdeen.
If you had told me a couple of years ago that the trusty DEMU would make it to Scotland, I'd have laughed right back at you
But there it is, tucked away in Edinburgh Waverley with an adventure to the Highlands. Utterly, utterly brilliant 🥹
The Branch Line Society's 3-day “Gosh Ness Monster” charter of our DEMU to Scotland may now be booked on an each-day basis.
If you fancy (e.g.) just the Edinburgh – Inverness – Aberdeen – Edinburgh trip on the Saturday, for instance, they now let you book this.
branchline.uk/current-fixt...
Yes, there is some cab-video footage ‘in the can’... #ForthBridge #GOSHNessMonster
On their first ever trip to Scotland, Hastings DEMU units 1013+1001 pass through Dalmeny with 1Z82 8.12 Linlithgow - Inverness Branch Lines Society 'Gosh-Ness Monster' railtour Day 2 23.5.26 scottishtrains.zenfolio.com/p488915499/e...
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Cha robh mi a' smaoineachadh gum faicinn Thumper Sasannach ri taobh soidhne Gàidhlig riamh! Sgoinneil!
I never thought I'd see an English thumper beside a Gaelic sign! Cool!
