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RST – NRM Barnum packaged for Black Friday…

Nov 28, 2019

The 37-tonne Barnum carriage, no.666, due to return to NRM hands this week, is now wrapped up and astride the car park at The Heritage Centre at Ruddington where it has been stabled since it arrived in 2009 from Quorn on the Great Central Railway. Once the NRM has...

Frame damage slows Barnum rebuild …….

Oct 15, 2019

Now with the underside fully accessible the extent of the damage to the buffer support and drag box, without any doubt caused by excessively heavy shunting, has been discovered to be much greater than previously realised. The headstock is damaged, causing misalignment...

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...

Meticulous Restoration of Vintage Heritage Carriages

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RST – NRM Barnum packaged for Black Friday…

Frame damage slows Barnum rebuild …….

Barnum pipe runs laced up……

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!

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

Royal Review at Nunckley Hill…..

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GCR Barnum No. 228

GCR Barnum No.799

GCR Barnum No.664

MS & LR No. 946

GCR Barnum No. 695 (Brake)

No. 1663

MS & LR No.373

No. 570

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