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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    Hello Ross, GCR 567 will use connecting rods that have been sourced from Austerity 0-6-0 type locomotive. The Austerity rod is geometrically...
    Post by: GCR567 Project, Jan 9, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    567 Victorian 4-4-0 New Build

    The tyres on the new wheelsets for the bogie for 567 have a deep outer 'sip' or lip, just as the tyres on the original locomotive did. If you...
    Post by: GCR567 Project, Feb 26, 2021 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Industrial Loco Updates

    Conservation work on Manning Wardle No 2015 is progressing. the locomotive lost one pair of its original Manning Wardle buffers some time around...
    Post by: GCR567 Project, Jul 15, 2019 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Hunslet 50550 class survivors

    Hello Steve, the cylinder block of the Corby 56 Class is fundamentally different to the Austerity (J94) in that it has twin main steam pipes...
    Post by: GCR567 Project, Jan 4, 2019 in forum: Steam Traction
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    567 Victorian 4-4-0 New Build

    Hello Steve, No the tender was previously at Butterly. Hello Flying Pig and Gav106, the new tender tank for 567 is going to be built at Ruddington...
    Post by: GCR567 Project, Dec 28, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Kitson 5469 Conway

    MS&LR 946 which was shown in the picture link is based at Ruddington on the GCR and restoration was completed this year.
    Post by: GCR567 Project, Oct 28, 2016 in forum: Steam Traction
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    rail wanted

    Hello Darragh, PM me, I have some contacts that might be able to help.
    Post by: GCR567 Project, Oct 8, 2016 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    railways in Nepal - Janakpur

    I have followed the fate of the Janakpur Railway from a distance for some time. This began in around 1980 when I was working at the Hunslet...
    Post by: GCR567 Project, May 16, 2016 in forum: International Heritage Railways/Tramways
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    Bridge that Gap: Great Central Railway News

    The Northern terminus of the GCR is at Ruddington where the second platform is now under construction. The construction of a suitable station...
    Post by: GCR567 Project, Mar 11, 2016 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Derelict Schneider 0-6-2 saved

    I certainly hope that it has, I will be there in April and if no one has been able to advise before then, will post an update. The survival of...
    Post by: GCR567 Project, Feb 14, 2016 in forum: International Heritage Railways/Tramways
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    Derelict Schneider 0-6-2 saved

    The derelict Schneider 0-6-2 that has lain near St Valery in Northern France since 1944 has ben saved for preservation and is now at the Musee...
    Thread by: GCR567 Project, Feb 12, 2016, 5 replies, in forum: International Heritage Railways/Tramways
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    More Victorian/Edwardian Steam - The Alternative Way Ahead?

    The frame plates and other major frame components of 567 were cut in late July. Work is now proceeding at Ian Howitt's works at Wakefield to...
    Post by: GCR567 Project, Aug 18, 2015 in forum: Steam Traction
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    More Victorian/Edwardian Steam - The Alternative Way Ahead?

    [ATTACH] The GCR 567 Locomotive Project is engaged in building a new 567. The design has been improved in a number of simple but beneficial...
    Post by: GCR567 Project, Aug 5, 2015 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Brighton Atlantic: 32424 Beachy Head

    We have an ironic situation, the progress of the project has not been constrained by availability of funds, and is perhaps proof of the...
    Post by: GCR567 Project, May 13, 2015 in forum: Steam Traction