As the GCR RST is planning its restorations of the four big “Barnums”, some interesting factors have emerged which will affect or assist the four remaining of the type: (See Barnum story – Articles) The first is that Keith Stimpson has come forward with an ability which is already being utilised to transfer all the drawings…
Planning for the future is well on the agenda at GCRN. How do we cater for the demands for siding and storage space at the Centre which is already scarce? When the two railways are reconnected at Loughborough the demand for new space will increase again – with more train sets and locomotive servicing. One of the…
Now that the work on the MS&L 6-wheel carriage is drawing to a close, the team have moved onto its next restoration project, another of the GCR Rolling Stock Trust’s carriages, but with one big difference, reports Clyde Pennington, the Trust’s coordinator on site. “We are very effctively preserving this vehicle for a future restoration, as well…
We were very pleased to meet with Roger Shelley, the newly appointed Head Curator of the GCR/NRM museum, right at the start. He joined us at Ruddington to see what the Rolling Stock Trust and GCRN were all about. The next stage is to review what is the first major selection of exhibits and artefacts…