March 2020 - Great Central Railway Rolling Stock Trust

Trust honoured with first Patron

Sep 26, 2021

'We have invited, unanimously approved and been honoured with the acceptance of Colonel Edward Cowan OBE, late of the Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) as Patron of the GCR Rolling Stock Trust. This is in recognition of the Trust's fully restored and dedicated six...

Getting the Barnum tanked up….

Aug 24, 2021

Yes, we are on the road again - but still off site, reports Trustee Roger Penson of the Nottingham-based Rolling Stock Trust. Despite the restrictions, we have started the first of the two core actions on Barnum no.228, prior to the return of the two rebuilt bogies...

GCR Rolling Stock Trust – 21 years in the making…  

May 12, 2021

By Clyde Pennington, RST Archivist  All who have ever been involved with the GCR Rolling Stock Trust (RST) have their own stories to tell as to how and why they got involved but the two common themes are heritage history and the lure of the original enterprising...

What on Earth is EMRT…..?

Sep 28, 2020

Now you can find out more about Ruddington where the Rolling Stock Trust is based and the EMRT – yes, the East Midlands Railway Trust. This may be a surprise to many but it is the charity which actually owns the Centre there – and GCR(N) which operates the trains over...

Great Central Reunification. A presentation in aid of the appeal

Sep 25, 2020

Want to know more about Reunification? Great Central Railway's online talks have raised thousands of pounds for the Reunification project. Guests have enjoyed a fully illustrated seventy five minute presentation led by journalist and broadcaster Tom Ingall, detailing...

Barnum – next stage of rebuild

Aug 3, 2020

“We have hung back long enough but we have to be patient a bit longer for the next stages of build of the Barnum no.228,” says Mike Lang, our build supremo. “Actual next stages of rebuild cannot occur until we have the two heavy overhauled bogies, then with new leaf...