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Breaking News June 2026 – Appeal for Support After Costly Vandalism

Jun 4, 2026

The Trust is very disappointed to report that our carriages – awaiting on, or undergoing, restoration have all been broken into recently. Due to the Heritage Centre’s very attractive special programme over the half-term ~ visits by both Tornado and the Flying Scotsman...

GCR Rolling Stock Trust Update!

Sep 12, 2025

Welcome to News Letter No.5. Here's a short synopsis of what we've been up to! We’ve been busy this year bringing our historic Barnum carriages back to life! Recent work has focused on restoring the buffers (with some Edwardian-era surprises like leather fittings 🤯)...

Quintinshill Disaster memory continues strong

Jul 16, 2025

The World War I disaster of 22nd May 1917, which befell the 7th Battalion of the Royal Scots (still even today Britain’s worst railway accident), remains a vivid event in Scottish eyes. The complex and disturbing account continues to dominate in the history of the...

RAIL200 events on the G.C.R. LINE between Ruddington And Leicester East (formerly Birstall Station)

Jul 8, 2025

5th & 6th June 2025 Much preparatory works – undertaken to support the National Commemoration of the first passenger carrying train which ran between SHILDON & DARLINGTON & STOCKTON on 27th September 1825 – resulted in busy and memorable celebrations, from...

“LET NOTHING COME BETWEEN US!” ~ two old buffers talking

May 12, 2025

Pic: BARNUM Saloons being worked on in G.C’s new Dukinfield Works – near Manchester Edwardian Barnum Buffers and Buffer Mounts ~ When first designed ~ by the Great Central Railway in their new works at Dukinfield, and fitted to the production run (AD1910/11), the...

News Letter Number 4

Sep 4, 2024

Quiet Work Behind the Scenes Since our last Newsletter (No. 3), painstaking, careful and detailed work - much not eventually seen by the travelling public, as is always the lot of preservation and restoration work, has been undertaken (and continues). Just like London...

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Breaking News June 2026 – Appeal for Support After Costly Vandalism

GCR Rolling Stock Trust Update!

Quintinshill Disaster memory continues strong

RAIL200 events on the G.C.R. LINE between Ruddington And Leicester East (formerly Birstall Station)

“LET NOTHING COME BETWEEN US!” ~ two old buffers talking

News Letter Number 4

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GCR Barnum No. 228

GCR Barnum No.799

GCR Barnum No.664

MS & LR No. 946

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