by Kate Tilley | Jun 4, 2026 | News
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...
by Kate Tilley | Sep 12, 2025 | News
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...
by Kate Tilley | Jul 16, 2025 | News
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...
by Kate Tilley | Jul 8, 2025 | News
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...
by Kate Tilley | May 12, 2025 | News
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...
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