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 during attempts to reinstall...

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 advantage most certainly not to be...

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 Duke of Gloucester learns of the...

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 Lang. The transporting by our...

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 Cramp and his organising team...

A massive collaborative effort, under the direction of Trustee Mike Lang, means RST has done it at last. Removing the two bogies – each weighing over 7 ½ tons – from beneath the jacked up body of Barnum no.228 at the Heritage Centre at Ruddington. This was finally completed on Saturday 22 June...