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12 Mar 2026 Thursday

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The Communication Cord, The Communication Cord, The Communication Cord

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Last-Built Class 08 Shunter...

26 Feb 2026 Thursday

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Tornado, Our Latest News, Our Latest News

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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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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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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...

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