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LMS Patriot Project Announcement - July 2007
The July 13th edition of 'Steam Railway' magazine included an article about the LMS Patriot Project. David Bradshaw, Project Co-ordinator and key member of Didcot's 'County' project, announced that a new build locomotive will be built if enough support was shown. The locomotive would carry the number 5551 or BR No. 45551 (the last of the class) and would be assembled at the Llangollen Railway.
David announced that a number of key drawings had come to light and that the new build project was now entirely possible. The estimated total project cost was stated at £807,000 with a build time of around seven years.
The reasons for building a Patriot were also explained. No new LMS new build project had got off the ground until now and the new Patriot would fill a gap in the story of LMS express passenger steam locomotives, as all of the Patriots were scrapped by British Railways by 1962. David said, "In many ways, the Patriots were the only link between the warring factions at Derby and Crewe. They were also the first truly modern and reliable second string LMS express passenger locomotives, as well as foreruners of the 'Jubilees'. It's a crying shame that none were preserved".
[Click Here] for Steam Railway article, July 2007 - "Patriot to be reborn?"
[Click Here] for Steam Railway article, July 2007 - "Project Patriot" (page 1)
[Click Here] for Steam Railway article, July 2007 - "Project Patriot" (page 2)
[Click Here] for Steam Railway article, July 2007 - "Project Patriot" (page 3)
All articles by Tony Streeter.
Reproduced with kind permission of Steam Railway magazine.
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