The Project will have its sales stall at this event.
It takes place at the International Centre, St Quentin Gate, Telford, Shropshire, TF3 4JH and is open from 10.00 each day to 17.00 on Sat and 16.00 on Sun.
Submitted by Kevin West on 12 August, 2014 - 11:55
Locomotive Frame Assembly
Following the wheeling of the chassis at Tyseley Locomotive Works in late June the chassis was only display at the Tyseley Locomotive Works Open Weekend on 5th & 6th July, before moving back to Llangollen on Friday 11th July.
That one small sentence does not explain the effort and logistics involved to move the chassis the 80 miles between to two sites.
Submitted by Kevin West on 2 September, 2018 - 21:36
Locomotive Frame Assembly
Work continues on the construction of The Unknown Warrior at number of locations.
The Unknown Warrior at Llangollen. Photo – Kevin West
Following the report in the last Warrior we have seen work re-started at Llangollen Railway Engineering, but not at the speed we had hoped. At least progress is being made.
We continue to work with Llangollen Engineering to establish a work schedule for the completion of the locomotive chassis.
The LMS-Patriot Project is staging an exhibition about Remembrance Engines, the VC recipients and the Railways at Crewe Heritage Centre. The 'Rails and Remembrance' exhibition opened at the beginning of September and runs until the end of 2018. A specially produced video tells the story of the role railways played during the Great War and how several Remembrance engines were built as a memorial to the employees of Railway Companies who gave their lives during the Great War. The exhibition brings the story to the present day with the creation of the new National Memorial Engine ’The Unknown Warrior’ which is being built to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Armistice
