[1] Despite this the SLS has since attracted professional locomotive engineers such as William Stanier, Oliver Bulleid and André Chapelon, as well as amateurs.
It also has local Centres which organise meetings and trips of railway interest such as special trains.
The SLS are custodians of a historic miniature steam locomotive Orion constructed to run on 9½ in.
(241 mm) gauge track, based on the London and North Western Railway Webb Compound design.
As of February 2013 Orion is on long term loan and display at the Shildon Locomotion Museum.