2004
Work starts on 6880
18/09/04 16:13 Filed in: News
We are proud to announce that
we have now begun work on 6880.
By the time you are reading this news item, the mainframes will have been cut, and delivered to Llangollen. We had planned on this momentous milestone in the construction of 6880 Betton Grange to take place at the end of this year, but we are pleased to be able to report that we have reached this point several months earlier than expected.
We also would liked to have brought you this announcement as it happened, but we have also tied this news to a major membership/fund-raising drive, the first part of which is a two part article on the Grange's in the current, and next, issue of Heritage Railway magazine. We have been able to release the news of the frames at the same time.
As in many things circumstances dictate what we are able to do, we had originally planned to purchase the steel for the frames at the 1st anniversary of the launch of the appeal, but better than expected fund-raising, and a huge rise in the cost of steel has brought forward our plans. We originally priced the cost of supplying the material and profiling of the frames a year ago, but unfortunately the last few months has seen a huge rise in the cost of steel, fuelled by the huge development taking place in China, and it is expected that the prices will travel much higher in the medium term. These events have seen the original costings rise by more than a third so we have taken this milestone decision to order the main frames now.
This is the first major component unique to the Grange to be manufactured for 6880, and they are the first set of Grange frames that have been cut since 1939. The suppliers are Jaymee Engineering in Stourbridge, West Midlands, and we have purchased the mainframe, stretchers and associated parts in a specification that is suitable for mainline use. The profiling has been done from the original 1936 drawings, and once they are delivered to Llangollen we will be able to make a start on drilling and assembling them. 6880 Betton Grange is now a reality, and it is thanks to all our supporters that we have come this far in the last year, however there is still much to accomplish, and we need your continued support. If you are reading this and have not yet signed up for membership, please join us, with a bigger membership what can we accomplish in the next year?
Contributed by Simon Holden
Last Updated ( Saturday, 13 November 2004 )
By the time you are reading this news item, the mainframes will have been cut, and delivered to Llangollen. We had planned on this momentous milestone in the construction of 6880 Betton Grange to take place at the end of this year, but we are pleased to be able to report that we have reached this point several months earlier than expected.
We also would liked to have brought you this announcement as it happened, but we have also tied this news to a major membership/fund-raising drive, the first part of which is a two part article on the Grange's in the current, and next, issue of Heritage Railway magazine. We have been able to release the news of the frames at the same time.
As in many things circumstances dictate what we are able to do, we had originally planned to purchase the steel for the frames at the 1st anniversary of the launch of the appeal, but better than expected fund-raising, and a huge rise in the cost of steel has brought forward our plans. We originally priced the cost of supplying the material and profiling of the frames a year ago, but unfortunately the last few months has seen a huge rise in the cost of steel, fuelled by the huge development taking place in China, and it is expected that the prices will travel much higher in the medium term. These events have seen the original costings rise by more than a third so we have taken this milestone decision to order the main frames now.
This is the first major component unique to the Grange to be manufactured for 6880, and they are the first set of Grange frames that have been cut since 1939. The suppliers are Jaymee Engineering in Stourbridge, West Midlands, and we have purchased the mainframe, stretchers and associated parts in a specification that is suitable for mainline use. The profiling has been done from the original 1936 drawings, and once they are delivered to Llangollen we will be able to make a start on drilling and assembling them. 6880 Betton Grange is now a reality, and it is thanks to all our supporters that we have come this far in the last year, however there is still much to accomplish, and we need your continued support. If you are reading this and have not yet signed up for membership, please join us, with a bigger membership what can we accomplish in the next year?
Contributed by Simon Holden
Last Updated ( Saturday, 13 November 2004 )
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Dorset Steam Fair
30/08/04 22:00 Filed in: News
Contributed by Simon Holden
Monday, 30 August 2004
As another attempt to take the promotion to a wider audience, we have once again been kindly offered space on the Heritage Railway magazine stand at the Great Dorset Steam Fair.
Mainly an event for our road going steam cousins, this event is an important one in the Steam calender. Indeed it is an event that organisers of the Railway events should take a note from, an expected 200,000 visitors, over 5 days, is only the start. If it was worth taking the Flying Scotsman to a similar event, it can do no harm to promote ourselves in a similar vein.
Thank you once again to all at Heritage Railway magazine magazine for making this possible for us, we will be attending from Friday 3rd Sept - Sunday 6th.
Monday, 30 August 2004
As another attempt to take the promotion to a wider audience, we have once again been kindly offered space on the Heritage Railway magazine stand at the Great Dorset Steam Fair.
Mainly an event for our road going steam cousins, this event is an important one in the Steam calender. Indeed it is an event that organisers of the Railway events should take a note from, an expected 200,000 visitors, over 5 days, is only the start. If it was worth taking the Flying Scotsman to a similar event, it can do no harm to promote ourselves in a similar vein.
Thank you once again to all at Heritage Railway magazine magazine for making this possible for us, we will be attending from Friday 3rd Sept - Sunday 6th.