Posts Tagged ‘General News’
We’re in the latest issue of Heritage Hub
We’d like to take this opportunity to thank Rowan and the lads at Heritage Hub for the write-up in their latest issue of their excellent digital magazine. If you’re unfamiliar with Heritage Hub we strongly recommend checking it out. The UK Heritage Hub exists to foster interest in the wide diversity of heritage available within…
Read MoreMore on the Smokebox Door
We thought it’d be a good time to briefly update our supporters and followers on where we’re at with the fabrication of the new smokebox door. Here is an account of the work that is currently being undertaken to complete it. As you’ve no doubt seen from the images in the previous post, the outer…
Read MoreProgress on the Smokebox Door
While things have been a tad quiet on this blog there has been a good deal of activity behind the scenes. Through a process known as metal spinning the outer smokebox door itself has been fabricated thanks to Keyte Smith Ltd and Purdie Dished Ends of Bradford. The first photo shows the profile being pressed…
Read MoreRegister for Easyfundraising and help build a George the Fifth!
The LNWR George the Fifth Steam Locomotive Trust has just established yet another means of donating to the building of a new LNWR George the Fifth; a locomotive that when complete will be the sole representative of a 20th century express engine type of the London & North Western Railway and a rare example of…
Read MoreAn update on the smokebox door
We apologise for the recent silence but we can report the following and we hope to have more updates very soon, hopefully with photos over the coming weeks. Due diligence on the smokebox door has taken us longer than we anticipated but we are finally underway. The down-payment has been made with Keyte Smith Ltd…
Read MoreArticle appearing in SLS Journal
We are delighted to announce that the revered Stephenson Locomotive Society will publish an article written by founding Trust member Bruce Nixon concerning the LNWR George the Fifth class ‘Ptarmigan’ and its epic run in the forthcoming issue of the SLS Journal due out on the 15th March. The Stephenson Locomotive Society came into existence…
Read MoreRichard Coleby
As fabrication finally gets underway we’ve been critically assessing the designs and pouring over reports of the engine’s performance whilst in service to identify flaws and investigate where and how to incorporate the best of modern practice while remaining as true as possible to the original design. To this end Ted Talbot, Peter Stanton and…
Read MoreThose ‘flimsy frames’?
2013? Hard to believe. We hope you are all well and wish you all the best for the coming year. We also hope to have some news for you in the coming weeks now that Christmas is out of the way. In the meantime we’d like to bring an article written by Ted Talbot for…
Read MoreDecember Newsletter
Last but not least for 2012, here is the December newsletter, which went out to our followers and supporters over a week ago and is now being made publicly available. This provides a break-down of the current status of the project along with plans beyond the fabrication of the smokebox door. The newsletter is in…
Read MoreSteaming ahead!
Slipping this in before Christmas, we’re thrilled to announce that after a long and extensive process we’ve selected Keyte Smith Ltd. of Bingham, Nottinghamshire as the supplier for the outer smokebox door and the contract for the work is currently being drawn up. Work will commence first thing in the new year. Meanwhile you can…
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