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Engineering Director Opportunity

3 Feb 2026 Tuesday

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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 success building and operating A1 Class No. 60163...

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Podcast Project covers the P2...

3 Feb 2026 Tuesday

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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, evaluating the pros and cons of new build steam. In the...

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P2 Boiler Delivered

10 Dec 2025 Wednesday

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The project to build Britain’s most powerful steam locomotive celebrated a significant milestone on Tuesday 9th December with the delivery of the locomotive’s boiler. The boiler is the single largest component required for the...

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May boiler update

22 May 2020

Prince of Wales, Our Latest News

Since last year’s announcement of the placing of a £1m order for two new Diagram 118a boilers from DB Meiningen (DBM) significant progress has been made. We recently dispatched the regulator and...

Pony truck progess

22 May 2020

Prince of Wales, Our Latest News

We recently launched a £20,000 appeal – The Pony (Truck) Club – to fund the construction of the leading pony truck for No. 2007 Prince of Wales. We set a minimum target of 20 generous supporters...

Spring 2020

21 May 2020

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The Yorkshire Post - P2 article

15 May 2020

Prince of Wales, Our Latest News

The Yorkshire Post recently carried a great article about the construction of the P2.  You can read the full article here. Photos by Bruce Rollinson, Yorkshire Post.

The Pony (Truck) Club is launched!

27 April 2020

Prince of Wales, Our Latest News

STEERING NO. 2007 PRINCE OF WALES TO COMPLETION WITH THE PONY (TRUCK) CLUB New fundraising initiative launched to help complete Britain’s most powerful steam locomotive Today we are...

April 2020

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