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58022 ✅️ (sort of)

The remaining cab of 58022 sits outside the LMS10000 shed at Wirksworth, with 58022 having been the donor loco for this project!
April 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
#OnThisDay 78 years ago LMS 10000 was presented to the press. Designed by H G Ivatt for the LMS and built at Derby, the loco and its sibling 10001 were the first mainline diesel locos in the UK. Image from here: buff.ly/i1x43Ud Recreation society: lms10000.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Please read below and join up to their newsletter: info@lms10000.co.uk

Some fabulous news discovered power units!

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August 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Latest news!
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July 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Become a member of LMS10000

Our 300th member will be gifted a print of Ian Walmsley's painting of 10000

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Become our 300th Member
Become a member of LMS10000 Our charity, the Ivatt Diesel Re-creation Society, currently has 286 members. When the number of members approached 200, ...
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September 11, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Latest news of a magnificent and damned clever project. A new build diesel missing link..should NEVER have been scrapped given its VAST historical significance.
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November 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
We are looking for an experienced railway manager who can guide the construction phase. Please get in touch at admin@LMS10000.com
June 27, 2026 at 12:50 PM
We are looking to increase the level of donations so that the loco can be constructed within a reasonable timeframe. We have placed the Donation buttons closer to the top of the website. What do you think? Is the website easy to help you to donate.?
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December 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
You can support LMS10000 while shopping online.

See this link: www.easyfundraising.org.uk/support-a-go...
You spend, brands donate to LMS10000.
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January 13, 2026 at 1:13 PM
#OnThisDay 37 years ago Cox & Danks scrapyard on the site of the GWR's Park Royal power station closed. Here's the first British mainline diesel electric loco LMS 10001 meeting its end in the yard in 1968 (from this post: buff.ly/tW3MDG4), more info here: lms10000.com
April 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Choose an item to sponsor - see our blog page: lms10000.com/news/f/chass...
Chassis Sponsorship is going well!
Choose an Item to Sponsor! Thank you to those who sponsored the chassis work this week. We now have 9 things fully subscribed!
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August 12, 2026 at 1:16 PM
This Week's Featured Sponsorships!
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Chassis Sponsorship - 22 July
This Week's Featured Sponsorships!
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July 22, 2026 at 5:56 PM
The LMS ‘Twins’ – Nos. 10000 and 10001 – were the very first mainline diesel locomotives built in the UK and now, this pioneering pair is available in N scale as part of the Graham Farish range.
At retailers now - t.ly/retailers
#bachmann #grahamfarish #lms10000
March 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The Sponsorship 'shop' has been re-arranged so that those categories still available for sponsorship are at the top of the page: lms10000.charityhive.co.uk/shop
August 16, 2026 at 1:15 PM
We are happy to announce the recent purchase of two English Electric 16SV power units! See this link for the story: lms10000.com/news/f/two-m...
Two more power units bought
We are happy to announce the recent purchase of two English Electric 16SV power units! These were offered by a contractor who was dismantling a military base in Lincolnshire.
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August 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
LMS10000 Appeal: We have been offered items from the original loco 10000. See this web page for details of the appeal: lms10000.com/news/f/origi...
Original 10000 items
The Society is pleased to announce that we are in the unique position to own items from the original 10000 locomotive. A works plate, horns and "LMS" letters, all original, were recently bought at au...
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July 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Thank you to everyone who has supported the preparation of the chassis to date.

This week the highlighted item is "Lifting Jacks" We will need to use these jacks situated within Wirksworth shed.

To sponsor the Lifting Jacks, click this link lms10000.charityhive.co.uk/shop/1/lot-c...
Lot C102: Lifting Jack - Total = 2
Ivatt Diesel Re-creation Society have a fantastic product called Lot C102: Lifting Jack - Total = 2. You can view all the details here https://lms10000.charityhive.co.uk/shop/1/lot-c102-lifting-jack-...
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June 21, 2026 at 1:56 PM
We have launched a major sponsorship scheme - to financially support the preparation of the class 58 frame to become the rolling chassis.

Here's the web page showing all the 'lots' arranged as Virtual Gifts that you can sponsor.
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June 2, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Choose an Item to Sponsor - there are three remaining 'lots'. 2*Painting, Non-Destructive Testing and then there's 'keeping in touch!'
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Thank you to everyone who has contributed already!

We are preparing for our large campaign - the design & approval process.
September 9, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Our latest video. We visit the LMS10000 workshop in Wirksworth, Derbyshire with Huw as we are shown a traction motor contactor and traction motor axle bearings.

youtu.be/pLjErabcnVc
Ivatt Diesel Recreation Society
Reconstructing Britain's first mainline diesel locomotive, 10000
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July 7, 2026 at 11:59 AM