Hello first can I say that though I am a member of the Friends of the G5 Group, Iam not actively involved with the loco. Also I have only been to...
The latest Friends of the G5 newsletter reports the test fitting of the cylinder blocks between the frames. Also an order has been placed with...
News in the February NELPG News that the contract to overhaul the boiler has been awarded. The contract will be split between LNWR Crewe who will...
The latest NELPG News reports the new cylinder block has been fitted to the frames & work continues on the tender. A boiler inspection earlier...
Re 2005 in the latest NELPG News mag which came today it says on 17 August leaking stays and a bulge in the copper inner firebox was found. The...
Maybe because the NER/LNER as foreward thinking companys preserved there locos while the GWR cut theres up it is not rocket science! Why is it the...
IIRC I read somewhere that some enthusiasts wanted a class D20 preserved when the last ones were withdrawn in the 1950s.Though as a class D17 (NER...
Hello lil Bear, Iam only an armchair member these days so what follows is MHO only. It will almost certainly delay the finishing of 2392, the HLF...
Mixed news on 2392 in the December NELPG News,first the new cylinder block has been trail fitted between the frames. It will now have a hydraulic...
First can I say I have no connection to Tyseley , but I was a volunteer with a society "up north" for a number of years.So have some idea of the...
What about the Mc Intoch class 34 Superheater Goods 2-6-0 of the Caledonian Railway, Pickergill also proposed a 2-6-0 as well but it was never built.
What about NELPG 3 out of 4 locos in working order 2005,3395 & 69023 , all unique locos as well. Not more of the same type of loco, nothing...
Reading NEPLG News the K1 2005 seems to have been the main project of late. Also the Q6 3395 & J72 69023 have to be kept in working order & in...
Well there are two ways of looking at this,the everything in the garden is rosy volunteers & money grow on trees way. The other way is the only...
Can I suggest the J39 Trust contact NELPG as they recently had a cylinder pattern made & a cylinder block cast for the J27 2392. As the J39 is an...
Thats a bit rich coming from someone who has spat his dummy out because he can not get all his own way! Please can you tell us which locos you...
Hello I was a support crew member when 44767 went to Fishguard was it really 16 years ago. 80079 from the Seven Valley was the other loco it went...
Hello I like coming on this forum sometimes for a laugh. I see the armchair experts are at it as usual YOU should do this YOU should do that...
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