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First sod cut at the new...

04 March 2022

Prince of Wales, Our Latest News

Work has now officially begun on Darlington's Railway Heritage Quarter which provides a new home for the Trust and will be at the heart of the Bicentennial Anniversary of the Stockton & Darlington...

On a roll! No. 2007's wheels...

25 February 2022

Prince of Wales, Our Latest News

Since our update at the beginning of February, work has progressed attaching the coupling rods to the wheels, ready for testing on the rotator. This involved fabricating gradient pins to fasten...

Motion Magic! No. 2007 has a...

02 February 2022

Prince of Wales, Our Latest News

The 1st February 2022 saw a significant milestone when No. 2007 Prince of Wales had both sets of coupling rods fitted for the first time. The left-hand set had been mounted on their crank pins...

Ben McDonald talks to...

24 January 2022

Prince of Wales, Our Latest News

Ben McDonald is the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust’s Group Engineering Director for Tornado and Prince of Wales as well as being a Great Central and RPSI volunteer. Nick Brodrick breaks into his busy...

London Transport Museum...

11 January 2022

Prince of Wales, Our Latest News

We are disappointed to announce the postponement of the P2 Roadshow at the London Transport Museum which has been planned for Saturday 29th January. We know that many of you were looking forward...

Cylinder progress

25 December 2021

Prince of Wales, Our Latest News

Howco at Irvine, Scotland has made good progress with the initial machining of parts for the cylinder block and has commenced welding them together.  The middle cylinder assembly is progressing...

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