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Mr. Pat Sumner.  1932 – 2024

Mr. Pat Sumner. 1932 – 2024

Jul 8, 2024

The epitome of a gentleman ~ Awarded a well-earned record of thanks for the many years/hours Pat spent working within & guiding our restoration team on our GCR 6-Wheeler of 1888 vintage. End of the line ~ for one of our long-serving Trustees: It is with huge...

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Read our 2nd newsletter of the year!

Read our 2nd newsletter of the year!

Oct 19, 2023

Welcome to our 2nd Newsletter of the year. Following our aim to provide members of our “Friends of GCR RST” with regular up-dates on restoration progress, we are delighted to say that – following much highly appreciated attention to the bogies from Barnum 228, these...

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HOW THEY COME & HOW THEY (are nearly ready to) GO

HOW THEY COME & HOW THEY (are nearly ready to) GO

Jul 27, 2023

Barnum Saloon (above) - how they come for restoration! How they are nearly ready to go in shades of teak (above) Having discussed the major step forward of working to the bogie refit plan, this now gives us opportunity to construct and progressively fit out the...

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RST Barnum Project gets invaluable Heritage Rail endorsement….. Chapter 2!

RST Barnum Project gets invaluable Heritage Rail endorsement….. Chapter 2!

Jul 13, 2023

Major push to get Barnum No.228 back on the rails for the anniversary of the line’s closure some 50 years ago…..The external varnished Teak finish we are aiming for ~ photo above“The right Project at the Right time…. “ In the words of Robin Jones, Editor of Heritage...

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Sad News Indeed! Richard Tilden Smith’s Obituary

Sad News Indeed! Richard Tilden Smith’s Obituary

Jan 19, 2023

It is with great sadness that the GCR Rolling Stock Trust Directors must announce the sudden death, at home, of their Chairman Mr Richard Tilden Smith on Tuesday 10th January 2023, aged 83. Richard was a true gentleman in every sense of the word, a great visionary,...

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RST Barnum Project gets invaluable Heritage Rail endorsement…..

RST Barnum Project gets invaluable Heritage Rail endorsement…..

Dec 28, 2022

“The right Project at the Right time…. “ In the words of Robin Jones, Editor of Heritage Railway following the Appeal launch for £50,000 to enable the GCR ‘Barnum’ 64-seat 1910-built carriage currently under restoration to be back on the rails in three years…. “I was...

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No. 570

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