June 2020 - Great Central Railway Rolling Stock Trust

Barnum pipe runs laced up……

Sep 23, 2019

Thanks enormously to the expertise and determined work of Richard Clarke, the vacuum and steam heat pipes have been reinstalled and coupled up on the Ruddington-based Barnum no.228. Removal of the two bogies to Nemesis Rail for heavy overhaul has provided one...

HRH Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, visits Nunckley Hill and learns of the meticulous restoration of 946. Here’s some more photos from the day!

Aug 21, 2019

The Duke of Gloucester takes time to visit us at the multi award winning Heritage Centre where our meticulously restored Victorian carriage, No.946 resides. Here's some more photos from the day where he learns of our work and the tragic Quintinshill disaster.. The...

Barnum Bogies lift off…..for Heavy Overhaul….

Aug 13, 2019

They have gone at last! After what seemed an age since first planned at the start of the year, two lifts and two journeys to Burton on Trent to Nemesis Rail have placed the two extracted Barnum bogies firmly in the queue for heavy overhaul, reports RST Trustee Mike...

Royal Review at Nunckley Hill…..

Jul 30, 2019

The Court Circular for Thursday 24 July announced that HRH Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, had visited the Nunckley Hill and Rothley Community Centre. That bald statement covered the massive event of the year at the end of the Mountsorrel branch for Director Steve...

Barnum bogies outed! – classic team success

Jul 4, 2019

A massive collaborative effort, under the direction of Trustee Mike Lang, means RST has done it at last. Removing the two bogies – each weighing over 7 ½ tons – from beneath the jacked up body of Barnum no.228 at the Heritage Centre at Ruddington. This was finally...

NRM came and went….

Jun 10, 2019

A somewhat unexpected event was the arrival on site at Ruddington of an inspecting delegation from the Science Museum and its subsidiary the National Railway Museum. The objective was to inspect the NRM Barnum, stabled at the Heritage Centre and to start the...