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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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Darlington Locomotive Works -...

18 March 2019

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The P2 Steam Locomotive Company Limited (P2SLC), a wholly owned subsidiary of The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust (A1SLT), is seeking an experienced manual machinist/fitter to manufacture components...

February 2019

28 February 2019

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Why not make Valentine's Day...

11 February 2019

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Sponsor the boiler of Britain’s most powerful steam locomotive Looking for something different for your train-loving Valentine? Hoping things will get hot and steamy this Valentine’s Day? How...

January 2019

31 January 2019

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Latest 'Steam Railway' cover

04 January 2019

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Thanks to some help from our friends at NELPG and a lot of effort by Ian Matthews, Steam Railway magazine was able to carry this stunning cover image.  You can read the full story in the January...

December 2018

21 December 2018

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