Illustrated Talk On the LMS Patriot New Build Group, Shepton Mallet

This talk will take place at East Somerset Society of Model & Experimental Engineers, Bath & West Show Ground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 6QN

New Bogie Wheel Cast

Submitted by Kevin West on 10 October, 2014 - 13:57

Less than a month from making the decision to manufacture a new wheelset for the locomotives bogie, rather than wait any longer for the possibility of a set from an 8F in Turkey, the first Wheel Centre has been cast. 

The 3D CAD data was supplied to Premier Patterns by the project's CAD Designer, Kevin West and the pattern cut in a polyurethene foam.

 

Engineering Update - September 2014

Submitted by Kevin West on 2 October, 2014 - 10:59

Locomotive Frame Assembly

The Unknown Warrior on display in the mud at The Great Dorset Steam Fair

West Somerset Autumn Railway Gala

The LMS Patriot Project Sales Stall will be on Minehead Railway Station on the above dates , but not on Thurs 2nd or Friday 3rd due to insufficient volunteers.

Great Central Railway Autumn Gala

The LMS Patriot Project will have its sales stall on Loughborough Railway Station on the above 3 dates, but not on Thursday the 2nd October due to insufficient volunteers to man it.

Burton Model Railway Exhibition

The LMS Patriot Project sales stall will be at this model railway exhibition which is being held at the National Brewery Centre, Burton On Trent

East Lancs Railway Autumn Gala

The LMS Patriot Project will have its sales stall at Bury, Bolton Street Railway Station throughout this gala

Avon Valley Railway Gala, Bitton Railway Station

The LMS Patriot New Build Project will be running their sales stall at this gala.

Tyseley Open Day

The LMS Patriot Project will be running their sales stall at this event

Major Sponsorship Deal Announced for the Tender for 'The Unknown Warrior'

Submitted by alaws on 11 September, 2014 - 08:54

The LMS-Patriot Company, the charitable project which is constructing new build LMS Patriot 4-6-0 ‘The Unknown Warrior', is delighted to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Rowlescourt Engineering Ltd. of Alfreton, Derbyshire who will be refurbishing the frames and building a new tank for the ‘Fowler' tender for ‘The Unknown Warrior'. The extremely generous terms of this agreement will require the project to pay only for the materials, estimated at around £10,000 and Rowlescourt Engineering will provide all the labour required for the construction of the tender, for which most parts including refurbished wheelsets and springs already exist.

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May 2025 saw an important milestone for The Unknown Warrior.

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