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Barnum – Pushing on with our first sliding door…

by Kate Tilley | Mar 25, 2019 | News

The central partition of Barnum no.228 features a classic sliding door – again. This is the result of the re-insertion of the partition between the two halves of the passenger accommodation of this 64-seat carriage. Clues on the recovered door show that a brass band...

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High winds strip carriages………AGM demands action….

Mar 24, 2020

Passed unanimously by the smaller than usual numbers at the Rolling Stock Trust' s AGM, held thanks to NSMEE in the comfortable Club Room on site at Ruddington, was the proposal to press ahead with planning and funding of storage facilities at the Centre. Reminded by...

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That Barnum bogie corrosion…

Mar 20, 2020

One of the bogies of Barnum no.228 is in much more corroded state than the other, reports Mike Lang, RST Trustee and Project Manager. That has been the assessment made at the repair shop of Nemesis Rail at Burton on Trent where shortage of resources has resulted in...

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Quintinshill disaster repeat on TV….

Mar 17, 2020

On the two evenings ahead of the Anniversary of the 1915 Quintinshill catastrophe on 22 May, Neil Oliver again presents his investigation into this Britain's  worst ever rail disaster. BBC 2 is showing in Scotland on Wednesday 20th and Channel 4 on Thursday 21st, both...

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RST – Buffing capability restored

Jan 31, 2020

“When you start dismantling an old carriage – especially as old as these Barnums - you never know quite what you will find!” Says Mike Lang, Project leader of the Barnum no.228 rebuild at Ruddington. Classic examples are the reveal of the state of the bogies once...

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RST – NRM Barnum packaged for Black Friday…

Nov 28, 2019

The 37-tonne Barnum carriage, no.666, due to return to NRM hands this week, is now wrapped up and astride the car park at The Heritage Centre at Ruddington where it has been stabled since it arrived in 2009 from Quorn on the Great Central Railway. Once the NRM has...

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Frame damage slows Barnum rebuild …….

Oct 15, 2019

Now with the underside fully accessible the extent of the damage to the buffer support and drag box, without any doubt caused by excessively heavy shunting, has been discovered to be much greater than previously realised. The headstock is damaged, causing misalignment...

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28 Sep

So you can find out so much more - the joining of the two GCR railway sections – preparing for through train travel - EMRT is launching today a first new Website to explain all – go to http://www.emrtrust.co.uk #railwaypreservation #gcrpreservation

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GCR's new bridge over the Midland Main Line was the first major milestone in their project to reunite the 2 halves of the Great Central Railway. An online talk on the project is taking place this Sunday 27th September via Zoom at 7pm... For details, see https://www.gcrailway.co.uk/unify/

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Next stage of Barnum rebuild no.228 cannot occur until we have the 2 heavy overhauled bogies, then with new leaf springs and brake blocks back to Ruddington. Between now and then we have some crucial detail work to finish under the frames. https://bit.ly/2XnCAJE

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