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  • October 2025 Update
    Welcome to the October update.   The work on the O4’s axleboxes is continuing so no news on the tender lift at present. Work has continued on the tender. Following the attention to the  cab end, we are moving on to the top rear end around the water fillers. A start has been made to remove… Read more: October 2025 Update
  • September 2025 Update
    Firstly, apologies for the lack of reports over the past months. It has been a very frustrating period with very little progress to report. To move forward with the overhaul, we really need to get the tender bogie overhaul completed. However, we have been unable to lift the tender to run out the rear bogie… Read more: September 2025 Update
  • Sir Lamiel April 2025 Report
    Welcome to the April update.   A last-minute call from the GCR for the Class 33 to be turned out for the Diesel gala at the end of April meant that all available hands were rubbing down and painting the bogies and bodyside of the Class 33  Work has commenced removing the nuts from the first… Read more: Sir Lamiel April 2025 Report
  • March 2025 Report
    Welcome to the March update. There’s not a great deal to report this month as our volunteers have been concentrating on our diesel fleet whilst we wait for our turn  with the tender on the lifting jacks. Our funding is hugely dependant on fund raising through the Knights of the Round Table and having working… Read more: March 2025 Report
  • January 2025 Update
    Welcome to the January update. After the Christmas and New Year break our volunteers are back on site at Loughborough. After discussions with the Boiler Inspector we now have a clear plan of action on the roof stays. Work has commenced to remove the nuts from the first 4 rows of roof stays. The stays… Read more: January 2025 Update

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