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*September: [[LMR 600 Gordon]] arrives on 20/9/1971, on loan from The Transport Trust.<br>Locomotives used during the year and the mileages recorded were as follows: {| class="wikitable"| <b>Locomotive</b> || style="text-align:right;" | <b>1971</b> || style="text-align:right;" | <b>Total</b>|-| 45110 || style="text-align:right;" | 1,401 || style="text-align:right;" | 1,799|-| 43106 || style="text-align:right;" | 1,252 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,592|-| 46443 || style="text-align:right;" | 969 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,073|-| 5764 || style="text-align:right;" | 925 || style="text-align:right;" | 925|-| 48773 || style="text-align:right;" | 440 || style="text-align:right;" | 885|-| 686 The Lady Armaghdale|| style="text-align:right;" | 289 || style="text-align:right;" | 289|-| 2047 || style="text-align:right;" | 196 || style="text-align:right;" | 196|-| WD 193 Shropshire || style="text-align:right;" | 88 || style="text-align:right;" | 1,109|-| 3205 || style="text-align:right;" | 80 || style="text-align:right;" | 980|-| Other || style="text-align:right;" | 0 || style="text-align:right;" | 2|-| <b>Total</b> || style="text-align:right;" | <b>5,640</b> || style="text-align:right;" | <b>11,850</b>|}