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Welcome to the LNWR George the Fifth Project.
Passing on to future generations a living experience of the best of their heritage enriches life for all.
—Brian Hayes, Past Chairman of the LNWR Society and Trustee of our project.
We’re building an exceptional early twentieth century express passenger 4-4-0 steam locomotive.
Charles Bowen Cooke’s compact George the Fifth 4-4-0 express locomotives were brilliant performers, on a par with much larger examples such as Great Western 4-6-0’s of the time. The pride of the magnificent London & North Western Railway, they were designed to fit their needs and the limitations of their permanent way. Their exploits included standing in for broken down early Royal Scots in the early days of the LMS, taking on 550 ton trains and meeting the schedule of the much larger locomotive are incredible but true yet sadly, not one of these locomotives survived into the steam preservation era.
Our aim is to make good this gap in our steam locomotive heritage and create a new build LNWR George the Fifth for use on heritage railways and mainlines. An engine of this size and power is ideal for the permanent way and the requirements of most heritage lines yet powerful enough for mainline excursions, and as the sole representative of a 20th century LNWR express locomotive, would present a fascinating and potentially popular drawcard and represent a slice of rail travel at its zenith.
How You Can Help
STOP PRESS: As you are no doubt aware, the current lockdown has severely inhibited our ability to hold fundraising events, which has impacted on our income for the year. We are now attempting to make up the shortfall in our funding streams through a variety of sources.
One of these is the Movement For Good prize draw. Please would you nominate us?
These awards are designed to give eligible charities the financial assistance they need to help them make a difference. In total, the awards will give £1,000 to each of 500 charities. We would love to be one of them, as this award could make a big difference to sustaining us through this difficult situation we are all currently facing.
It is quick and easy to nominate us. Just visit: www.movementforgood.com (either click on the link or for text only emails, paste the link into your browser) and click on “nominate now”.
The information required to complete the nomination is: Charity No. XT33443.
If you click on the orange square to the right of the charity number, it will automatically bring up the name of the charity:
The George the Fifth Steam Locomotive Trust
Select that, then click “yes”.
Charity type is ‘Community’ (scroll down to see this). Then fill in your personal information until you reach the question “Who are you?”. Select ‘Other’ (scroll down to see this), then click on ‘Submit’.
The more nominations we get, the greater our chances of winning, so please spread the word to your friends and family as well and ask for their help on our behalf.
The closing date for nominations is Sunday May 24.
Thank you very much for taking the time to do this.
Building an historic locomotive from the ground up is no small task. Could you help us make the dream a reality? There are a number of ways you can help the Trust, from direct donations, volunteering of skills, word of mouth, and many more. Visit our Can I Help PAGE to learn all of the options available.
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