Greetings Carriage Lovers...! We invite you to join our AGM at no cost to you on Zoom. Our Kate is opening the Meeting for us at 12.00 hours this coming Sunday 27 February. We have a short formal business but then explore how we are setting out to restore the original carriages in our care. Yes,...
Our Patron models his Regiment in miniature
Caption – Our Patron builds up the Royal Scots in pre-1918 uniform - Photo– Edward Cowan As well as being our liaison with the Edinburgh-based Royal Scots Regiment in respect of our gem of a memorial carriage, Colonel Cowan is a wholehearted railway supporter and of his son's advance of an...
Stuart Copson – Our appreciation – Chairman of the RST, Richard Tilden Smith
It is with great sadness that we had to report that Stuart, one of the Rolling Stock Trust's chief supporters, lost his fight against the wicked Alzheimer's disease at the turn of the year. He is very much missed - and our thoughts are very much with Vicky and his family. A tribute day, being...
Trust honoured with first patron…
'We have invited, unanimously approved and been honoured with the acceptance of Colonel Edward Cowan OBE, late of the Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) as Patron of the GCR Rolling Stock Trust. This is in recognition of the Trust's fully restored and dedicated six wheeled MS&LR 1888-built...
Getting the Barnum tanked up….
Yes, we are on the road again - but still off site, reports Trustee Roger Penson of the Nottingham-based Rolling Stock Trust. Despite the restrictions, we have started the first of the two core actions on Barnum no.228, prior to the return of the two rebuilt bogies by our sponsor Nemesis Rail. ...
GCR Rolling Stock Trust – 21 years in the making…
By Clyde Pennington, RST Archivist All who have ever been involved with the GCR Rolling Stock Trust (RST) have their own stories to tell as to how and why they got involved but the two common themes are heritage history and the lure of the original enterprising Great Central Railway. This year...