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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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A new steam locomotive fit for...

14 November 2018

Prince of Wales, Our Latest News

Project to build Gresley class P2 No. 2007 Prince of Wales has raised 50% of its £5m target We are delighted to announce, on the 70th birthday of HRH The Prince of Wales, that the campaign to...

October 2018

01 November 2018

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First P2 cylinder components...

29 October 2018

Prince of Wales, Our Latest News

We are delighted to announce that the first components for the cylinder block for No. 2007 Prince of Wales have been delivered. The three cylinder cover castings which were made from Spheriodal...

First new components ordered...

10 October 2018

Prince of Wales, Our Latest News

FIRST NEW COMPONENTS ORDERED FOR NEW GRESLEY CLASS V4 BY THE A1SLT We are delighted to announce that we have now ordered the first new components for our third new steam locomotive, Gresley class...

Order placed with DB Meiningen...

08 October 2018

Prince of Wales, Our Latest News

ORDER PLACED WITH DB MEININGEN FOR DESIGN WORK ON BOILER FOR NO. 2007 PRINCE OF WALES We are delighted to announce that we have placed a £50,000 order with DB Meiningen for the design work on the...

September 2018

29 September 2018

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