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Last-Built Class 08 Shunter...

26 Feb 2026 Thursday

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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 Darlington Locomotive Works. Completed in December...

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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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September 2018

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State of the art measurement...

20 September 2018

Prince of Wales, Our Latest News

STATE OF THE ART MEASUREMENT SYSTEM USED TO ACCELERATE CONSTRUCTION OF BRITAIN’S MOST POWERFUL STEAM LOCOMOTIVE Project inspires young engineers from UTC South Durham The project to build...

We have a Mikado!

18 September 2018

Prince of Wales, Our Latest News

ALL WHEELS FITTED TO BRITAIN’S MOST POWERFUL STEAM LOCOMOTIVE NO. 2007 PRINCE OF WALES The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust today announced that we had fitted the pony truck wheelset to new Gresley...

The Motion Club passes the...

14 September 2018

Prince of Wales, Our Latest News

CAMPAIGN TO RAISE £210,000 TO MANUFACTURE THE MOTION FOR BRITAIN’S MOST POWERFUL STEAM LOCOMOTIVE STEAMS PAST £100,000 The Motion Club recruits 80 members and coupling & connecting rods are in...

The Boiler Club passes the...

11 September 2018

Prince of Wales, Our Latest News

CAMPAIGN TO RAISE £600,000 FOR NO. 2007 PRINCE OF WALES’ BOILER STEAMS PAST THE TWO-THIRDS POINT We are delighted to announce that pledges made to The Boiler Club fundraising campaign have...

V4 design reaches pre-launch stage

06 September 2018

Prince of Wales, Our Latest News

We are pleased to announce that we have formed a new subsidiary, The V4 Steam Locomotive Company Limited, to carry out the building of our third new steam locomotive – the yet-to-be-named new...

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