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'The Raising Steam Club' over...

New fundraising club 'The Raising Steam Club' already over 50% subscribed! Let’s keep that pressure building! Steam testing the boiler moves another step closer thanks to the...

ADA Club Success: Target...

Target reached – thank you! Launched in March, The ADA Clutch Trial and Design Project reached its £15,000 target before the end of May. An incredible response by P2...

Work progresses on the frames

We've had to replace the 1" Philidas nuts on the locomotive frames as the ones originally fitted were from a defective batch. This task is now complete, in total 617 nuts have been...

Last-Built Class 08 Shunter...

The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust has confirmed an agreement with Railway Support Services for the hire of diesel shunter 08927 (D4157), which will take up duties as the depot shunter at...

Engineering Director Opportunity

The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, a registered charity, is seeking a Director to lead the engineering teams looking after its locomotives. Since forming in 1990, the Trust has enjoyed great...

Podcast Project covers the P2...

In December, the Trust was contacted by Hayden and Daniel, two media students at Totton College. They requested an interview for a short, one-off podcast on new build locomotives,...