GIFT Aid and other associated benefits open to charities are now available to the Churchward County Trust (CCT) after the organisation was awarded charitable status by the Charity Commission on May 21. As Registered Charity No. 1183514 the CCT will…
GOODMAN Metal Works of Nottingham has completed the drilling and machining of County of Montgomery's main frame plates. They will be delivered to Tyseley Locomotive Works on Tuesday, May 21. Meanwhile the various 'inner' platework arrived at Tyseley on Thursday,…
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 working on steam locomotives, having…
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 frames to the rolling chassis…
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 Founders' Club was originally established…
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 recognition of their support,…
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 4-4-0 County of Montgomery. The…
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 13) with the cutting of…
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, drilling and profiling. Our goal…
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 on July 13, just…