LMS-Patriot Project Members' Day

LMS-Patriot Project Members' Day at the Llangollen Railway.

Members will be invited to view the latest progress of 'The Unknown Warrior' at the Llangollen Railway Works.

Details TBC.

KWVR Winter Steam Spectacular

Visit our sales stand at Oxenhope at the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway gala.

Featuring visiting locomotive:

  • LNER K4 No. 61994 'The Great Marquess'
  • and other locomotives TBC

And home fleet locomtotives:

GCR Mixed Traffic Weekend

Visit our sales stand on the Grand Central Railway.

To welcome 92214 to its permanent new residence, Great Central Railway are staging a ‘Mixed Traffic’ weekend.  The newly acquired loco will star at the event alongside No. 777 ‘Sir Lamiel & No. 78019 as well as a heritage diesel locomotive  – D123 on Saturday and D5401 on Sunday.

More info: www.gcrailway.co.uk/special-events/mixed-traffic-weekend/

CVR Winter Steam Gala

Visit our sales stand at Kingsley & Froghall station at the Churnet Valley Railway.

The lineup includes:

  • West Country Class No. 34007 'Wadebridge'
  • USATC S160 No. 6046
  • GWR Steam Railmotor No. 93
  • GER N7 No. 69621
  • Beyer Peacock No. 1827

Up the the section of line from Leekbrook Junction to Ipstones Loop, offering  5 miles of 1 in 59 gradients which is amongst the steepest of climbs on a heritage railway!

2013 Review - 'The Unknown Warrior' on tour as a rolling chassis

2013 was a momentous year for The LMS-Patriot Project, culminating in the first public appearance of ‘The Unknown Warrior’ away from its Llangollen construction base at The National Memorial Arboretum and then two days later appearing as the centrepiece loco display at the busy two-day Warley National Model Railway Exhibition.

Unknown Warrior red loco profile badge.

£6.25

High quality enamel badge with LMS-Patriot Project text on black background. 1 15/16" (49mm) wide with double studs on back.

£4.50 + £1.75 P&P

Price: £6.25

GCR Winter Steam Gala

Visit our sales stand at Loughborough at the Great Central Railway.

Three day steam gala featuring an intensive timetable of trains on double track.

Featuring:

  • BR Standard No. 92214 'Cock o' the North'
  • BR standard No. 70013 'Oliver Cromwell'
  • GWR 0-6-2 No. 5643
  • Austerity 0-6-0 No. 22
  • and the home fleet 1744, 777 'Sir Lamiel, 46521, 47406, 48624, 78019

More info: www.gcrailway.co.uk/special-events/winter-steam-gala/

Barrow Hill 'East Coast Giants'

Visit our sales stand at Barrow Hill roundhouse, at Staveley near Chesterfield.

Featuring three A4s:

4489 'Dominion of Canada'
60008 'Dwight D. Eisenhower'
4464 'Bittern'

and:

60163 'Tornado'
60532 'Blue Peter'

 

 

 

More info: www.barrowhill.org/links/GIANTSOFSTEAM.pdf

2013 Fundraising Raffle Drawn at Warley

The 2013 Annual Fundraising Raffle was drawn on Sunday 24th November at the Warley National Model Railway Exhibition. The winning tickets were drawn by Warley Chairman, Paul Jones, in front of 'The Unknown Warrior' which was the centrepiece display at Warley.

'The Unknown Warrior' makes its Centrepiece Debut at Warley National Model Railway Exhibition

Another landmark occasion took place when the new steam locomotive 'The Unknown Warrior' was exhibited as the centrepiece locomotive display at the Warley National Model Railway Exhibition at the NEC, Birmingham on the 23rd/24th November. The new 'Patriot' class locomotive had been brought down from its place of construction at Llangollen the previous Wednesday, and visited the National Memorial Arboretum for its first public appearance. After being displayed at the National Memorial Arboretum on the afternoon of 21st November, 'The Unknown Warrior' was taken to the NEC, Birmingham where it was the first exhibit allowed inside Hall 5 at 6am on the Friday set-up day of the Warley show.

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