They also manage the negotiations with the various landowners and public bodies required to push the line through to Grantown-on-Spey. Strathspey Railway Association The role of the Strathspey Railway Association is to provide funding and volunteers to run the Strathspey Railway. It is the biggest shareholder of the Strathspey Railway Company (the organisation which holds the light rail orders and operates the railway). Members fund various projects on the railway through an annual subscription and donations. A quarterly publication, "The Strathspey Express", is published by the Association to give members regular updates from the railway as well as articles of general railway interest. Most of the people who work on the railway are volunteers belonging to the Association. Spey Lodge is managed by a sub-group of the Association to provide accommodation for volunteers. Locomotives and rolling stock Steam locomotives LMS 2-6-0 Class 2MT no. 46512 "E. V. Cooper, Engineer". Built Swindon 1952. Owned by Highland Locomotive Company. Operational, ten-yearly overhaul completed in November 2021. Boiler ticket expires in 2031. LMS 2-6-0 Class 2MT no. 46464 (The Carmyllie Pilot). Built Crewe 1950. Owned by The Carmyllie Pilot Company Limited. Being rebuilt at Aviemore after returning in 2020. Boiler steam test completed in April 2022. Hauled the first steam passenger service on the SR on 22 July 1978 before leaving in 1989. Caledonian Railway 0-6-0 812 Class no. 828 (17566, BR 57566) built in 1899. Operational, boiler re-certified for another five years in autumn 2020. On hire to Spa Valley Railway. LMS 4-6-0 Class 5MT no. 5025 (45025) built in 1934. Operational, launched into service in August 2021 following a major overhaul. Boiler ticket expires in 2031. Wemyss Private Railway 0-6-0T no. 17 "Braeriach", built by Andrew Barclay & Son, Kilmarnock 1935 (works number 2017). Stored in Boat of Garten. WD 0-6-0ST Austerity no. 9. Built Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns 1943 (works number 7097). Undergoing overhaul at Aviemore. Andrew Barclay & Son, Kilmarnock 0-4-0ST (works no. 2020 of 1936) no. 2 "Balmenach". Stored at Aviemore out of use. Diesel locomotives BR 0-4-0 Class D2/10 North British shunter no. D2774. Operational, painted BR Green. BR 0-6-0 Class 08 no. 08490 (D3605). Operational, painted BR green. BR Bo-Bo Class 26 no. 26002 (D5302). Stored in Boat of Garten. BR Bo-Bo Class 26 no. 26025 (D5325). Stored in Boat of Garten. BR Bo-Bo Class 27 no. 27050 (D5394). Built in 1962. Operational, painted BR Green.