Author: Gary Boyd-Hope

THE main frame plates for County of Montgomery have been sent to Goodman Metals of Netherfield, Nottingham to have the 200 various holes drilled, and the axlebox cut-outs machined. The company is no stranger to

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WITH all the platework required to assemble ‘County of Montgomery’s’ main frames now cut (or being cut) and awaiting machining, the Trust is looking ahead at the next stage of the project and progressing the

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THE end of February sees the Churchward County Trust (CCT) mark its first anniversary, which means there are only a few weeks left to join the Founders’ Club before it closes to new members. The

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Our 100 Hundreds Appeal is aiming to raise the £10,000 required to carry out the milling and drilling of ‘County of Montgomery’s’ main frame plates by recruiting one hundred individuals to each donate £100. In

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We are delighted to announce that we have placed a second large order with Tata Steel of Wednesfield for the 22 various plates that will eventually form the frame stretchers for new-build GWR ‘County’ class

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MORE than 107 years after the last set of frames were cut for a Great Western Railway ‘County’ class 4-4-0 at Swindon Works, the 41st member of the class officially came into being today (November

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With the frame plates for No. 3840 County of Montgomery due to be cut this month, we are launching a targeted appeal to raise the £10,000 required to cover the cost of the final machining,

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WE are delighted to announce that we have placed the order for the main frame plates for No. 3840 County of Montgomery with Tata Steel of Wednesfield. The order, as per Swindon drawing No. 43495, was placed

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THE launch of the Churchward County Trust Founders Club back in February has proved to be very encouraging, with the idea of re-creating one of Churchward’s high-stepping 4-4-0s seeming to catch the imagination. In just

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