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Welcome to the Betton Grange Society website where you will find information about the Ex Great Western ‘Grange’ Class locomotive and our project to build No. 6880 – the 81st ‘Grange’

From a Class of 80 locomotives, no ‘Granges’ survived the cutters torch, a glaring omission in the ranks of preserved locomotives.

No. 6880 was constructed firstly at the Llangollen Railway and latterly at Tyseley Locomotive works being first steamed in April 2024

Find out how the ‘Grange’ class locomotives became the ‘engineman’s engine‘, why we chose to build Betton Grange, and most importantly, how you can help us to continue to enjoy it.

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