Rolling Stock - Great Central Railway Rolling Stock Trust

Congratulations on Queen’s Award to Steve Cramp’s team

Jun 4, 2020

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…..!

Jun 4, 2020

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….

Mar 24, 2020

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…

Mar 20, 2020

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….

Mar 17, 2020

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

Jan 31, 2020

“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...

Meticulous Restoration of Vintage Heritage Carriages

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Congratulations on Queen’s Award to Steve Cramp’s team

Barnum bogie – First rolls out and money rolls in…..!

High winds strip carriages………AGM demands action….

That Barnum bogie corrosion…

Quintinshill disaster repeat on TV….

RST – Buffing capability restored

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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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