Welcome to www.wandering1500.co.uk. This website is dedicated to the sole surviving B12 steam locomotive, owned by the M&GN Joint Railway Society and based at the North Norfolk Railway. As well as news on 61572's current status, this site also tells the history of this popular class of locomotive, designed to work express trains from (London) Liverpool Street to Norwich and many of East Anglia's popular coastal resorts.

Wandering 1500 was chosen as the name of this site to commemorate the "Wandering 1500" railtour. A 260 mile trip hauled by 61572 in 1963. Little did people realise, it would be another 32 years before the (now unique, inside cylinder 4-6-0) locomotive was to steam again.

Links to navigate this site can be found above, including picture galleys, latest news and information about 61572, and the loco's "Wandering 1500 Club".

Special thanks must go to the following people; Ben Fraser, Steve Allen, Michael Wild, Peter Boggis and Richard Marsden. Because without their help this site wouldn't have been possible.

All material used on this website is copyright to its respective owners, and to be used only with permission of the copyright holders. Photo (above): Ben Boggis

Latest site updates

1st December 2011 – New B12 Book
New 'B12s Remembered' booklet available from today, click here to read more.

8th November 2011 – News update
Light at the End of the Tunnel? – with the boiler is back in the frames, click here to read more.

26th January 2011 – Wandering 1500 Tour Film
A short 42 second clip of 61572 on the Wandering 1500 Railtour in 1963. Click here to see it.

16th January 2011 – News update
Full Steam Ahead – the B12's boiler passes its steam test. Click here to read more.

28th April 2010 – News update
Update on the B12's overhaul. Click here to read more.

27th December 2008 – News update
B12's boiler moves to Chatham. Click here to read more.

23rd April 2008 – News update
Latest news regarding the B12's overhaul. Click here to read more.

25th March 2008 – News update
Wandering 1500 Club Footplate Experience Days, and 'Going Green'. Click here to read more.

9th September 2007 – News update
61572 has been withdrawn from service for overhaul. An appeal has been launched to return Britain's last remaining inside cylinder 4-6-0 to steam. Click here to read more.