LMS-Patriot Project members and volunteers have been preparing and painting the frames and driving wheels at Llangollen and Tyseley Works respectively.
During October and November volunteers have been working to needlegun, prime and undercoat the frames.
The two outside motion brackets and boiler support brackets have now been cast and have been machined. The cab has been ordered from R.D. Moore's at Coalville for delivery at the end of October. The driving wheels have had all the tyres turned at Tyseley Locomotive Works, where work on machining the driving wheel axleboxes has been completed. These will be taken to the Llangollen Railway Works to be fitted to the frames. The rolling chassis with cab and smokebox will be exhibited at the National Memorial Arboretum and the Warley National Model Railway exhibition during November.
September has been an extremely busy month for our dedicated Sales Team. As many of you will have seen, we took the sales stand to the Barry at War Weekend, Llangollen Autumn Gala, Telford O Gauge Exhibition, Pontypool & Blaenavon Gala, Nene Valley Railway Gala, SVR Autumn Gala, GCR Gala, NRM Shildon, and Barrow Hill Doncaster weekend. We have signed up many new Members and Donors at these events, and with the excellent response we have received from our Steam Railway appeal during August, we are rapidly approaching our 1000th linear member!
The LMS-Patriot Company, the charitable new build steam locomotive project which is building the Royal British Legion Endorsed National Memorial Engine, 'The Unknown Warrior', will be displaying the partially completed engine at the National Memorial Arboretum between 12-3pm on 21st November 2013.
The LMS-Patriot Company, the charitable project who are building the new Royal British Legion endorsed national memorial engine, has launched a fundraising scheme to complete the all new £477,000 boiler for ‘The Unknown Warrior’. The LMS-Patriot Company is seeking loans from supporters to finance the boiler. Loans will be repaid with an attractive fixed rate 2.5% compound interest rate after 15 years. Interest on loans will start to be repaid from 2020, by which time ‘The Unknown Warrior’will be a revenue earning engine.
The front of 'The Unknown Warrior' appeared on the front cover of Steam Railway magazine (issue 418) which was published on 16th August. This was the first time that the front of a 'Patriot' had been seen since 1963 and was part of a general appeal to raise £150,000 to complete the bottom end. A new fundraising leaflet was also inserted in every copy of Steam Railway magazine.
'A Photographic Accompaniment:1 - The Book of the Patriot 4-6-0s' by Graham Onley. Photgraphic accompaniment featuring all 52 Patriots including the re-built Patriots. Cardback book, 56 Pages, B&W Photos.
Specially reprinted in support of our project. £12.95 + £2.50 P&P
By G. Toms and R. J. Essery. Definitive account of LNWR Claughtons and LMS Patriots, including names, allocations, livery details and scrapping details with contributions from Fred James. Cardback book, 124 Pages, B&W Photos & Drawings. £16.95 + £2.50 P&P
Audio CD featuring original steam audio recordings from the 1960s by Ray Manning. Voume 3 "Muscle and Grime" features steam in the North East. £6.00 + £2.00 P&P
Audio CD featuring original steam audio recordings from the 1960s by Ray Manning. Voume 2 features steam in Scotland including the swansong of the A4s. £6.00 + £2.00 P&P
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
