Who are we?

The 6880 Society (a registered charity, No. 1100537) was formed in 1998 with the sole intention of recreating a Great Western ‘Grange’ class locomotive. While many of the other Great Western classes survived into preservation, none of the ‘Grange’ class escaped the breaker’s yard cutting touch. Therefore the group was set up to create Betton Grange, which when completed will become the 81st ‘Grange’. Many members of the society bring with them the skills and knowledge from a previous project, which was the successful restoration of ex-Barry scrapyard large Prairie No. 5199. This locomotive is now one of the star performers of the Llangollen locomotive fleet.
With the completion of the cab for 6880 (just in time for the Crewe works gathering in 2005) and the acquisition of the boiler and other parts later in the same year, all the attention is now focused on the completion of the main frames and extension frames, the latter of which arrived at the project’s Llangollen Railway base on 1st April 2011.

Where are we?

We are based on the Llangollen Railway in Denbighshire, one of the most scenic of Britain’s heritage railways, and have chosen Llangollen Railway Engineering as our engineering partner in this venture. We are located (http://6880railway NULL.madisonsolutions NULL.co NULL.uk/about-us/find-us) within the railway workshops.

Enquires

You can contact us via email on our contact page (http://6880railway NULL.madisonsolutions NULL.co NULL.uk/about-us/contact-us), or via:

Mr. Q McGuinness,
6880 Betton Grange (Society) Ltd,
4 Bryntirion Terrace,
Llangollen,
Denbighshire.
LL20 8LP

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