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Congratulations on Queen’s Award to Steve Cramp’s team
All hail to the Steve Cramp team on the winning of the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service for the amazing enterprise advanced at Mountsorrel And Rothley Community Heritage Centre. That it has attracted such interest from HRH The Prince of Wales, HRH Prince Richard...
Barnum bogie – First rolls out and money rolls in…..!
Latest news from the Heavy Overhaul workshop of Nemesis Rail at Burton on Trent is that the first of the two bogies being worked on there by our generous Sponsor has had its frames back on its wheels and the match=-funding has now exceeded £12,500 at the halfway...
High winds strip carriages………AGM demands action….
Passed unanimously by the smaller than usual numbers at the Rolling Stock Trust' s AGM, held thanks to NSMEE in the comfortable Club Room on site at Ruddington, was the proposal to press ahead with planning and funding of storage facilities at the Centre. Reminded by...
That Barnum bogie corrosion…
One of the bogies of Barnum no.228 is in much more corroded state than the other, reports Mike Lang, RST Trustee and Project Manager. That has been the assessment made at the repair shop of Nemesis Rail at Burton on Trent where shortage of resources has resulted in...
Quintinshill disaster repeat on TV….
On the two evenings ahead of the Anniversary of the 1915 Quintinshill catastrophe on 22 May, Neil Oliver again presents his investigation into this Britain's worst ever rail disaster. BBC 2 is showing in Scotland on Wednesday 20th and Channel 4 on Thursday 21st, both...
RST – Buffing capability restored
“When you start dismantling an old carriage – especially as old as these Barnums - you never know quite what you will find!” Says Mike Lang, Project leader of the Barnum no.228 rebuild at Ruddington. Classic examples are the reveal of the state of the bogies once...
RST – NRM Barnum packaged for Black Friday…
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 …….
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……
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!
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...