Whilst Llangollen Railway was hosted the Thomas the Tank Engine specials, a number of 6880 members were busy working away in the C&W sheds. The aim of this working weekend was to prepare our recently purchased box van for outside storage, as at present it is not in the best of condition. The Van was [...]

Now available for download, Newsletter 14. (3mb PDF file). All the latest progress on 6880, membership news and the purchase of 5952 Cogan Hall.

5952 Cogan Hall is now at Llangollen, and we have added a page for the Hall on the site.

We have now had all the riveting completed to attach the cab steps to the main frame, and the completed the fitting of the rear dragbox, rear bufferbeam and buffer plates including the riveting. 6880 volunteers have marked up and drilled out all the holes over the last 12 months. The saddle plate has also been successfully [...]

The Board of 6880 Betton Grange (Society) Ltd are pleased to announce that they have been successful in purchasing 5952 Cogan Hall together with a substantial amount of spare parts. This is a strategic decision which will substantially reduce the time and cost of constructing Betton Grange.

We now have three membership options: Foundation, City and Express. The sign-up page has been updated to show the features/benefits of the three schemes. Please take a look. Don’t forget you can help the Betton Grange Society by making your online purchases through our webshop.

Now available for download, Newsletter 13. All the latest progress on 6880, and future plans.

The 6th Annual General Meeting will take place on Saturday 10th October at 11 am in the Henry Robertson Suite at Llangollen station. We would like to encourage as many members as possible to attend this year. We will be explaining our plans for the next year which should see significant progress being made with [...]

6880 news Well it’s been a while…. But at last we seem to be out of the coma called the “Steel Steam & Stars II aftermath” it is time to get back into the groove, namely building 6880. We will again be spending time adding to what has been built so far. There will be [...]

The Gala DVD is now available and can be ordered from Belhurst Productions via www.steam-railway-videos.co.uk, or through our shop. The dvd has 4hr 45mins of footage! It consists of 2 main discs and a bonus disc and it is narrated by Danny Hopkins, editor of Steam Railway magazine.