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Main frame assembly completed at Tyseley

2nd April 2021 Gary Boyd-Hope News

TYSELEY Locomotive Works (TLW) has completed the assembly of the main frame component’s for No. 3840 County of Montgomery. The CCT formally placed the order for the erection of No. 3840’s frames with TLW last

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Coupled wheels ordered for County of Montgomery

16th March 2021 Gary Boyd-Hope News

THE Churchward County Trust (CCT) has placed the order for the four 6ft 8½in coupled wheels for No. 3840 County of Montgomery. The wheels are to be cast by Trefoil Steel in Sheffield using the

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‘County of Montgomery’ to be based at Toddington?

15th March 2021 Gary Boyd-Hope News

WE are delighted to announce that No. 3840 County of Montgomery could be based on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWSR) once completed, following the signing of a new agreement between the Churchward County Trust

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New nameplates completed

8th January 2021 Gary Boyd-Hope News

THE new nameplates for County of Montgomery have been completed by Procast Foundry in Cleckheaton. The two plates have been manufactured in the traditional manner employed by the Great Western Railway for the original ‘Counties’

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3840’s frames go upright AT TYSELEY

15th December 2020 Gary Boyd-Hope News

December has seen more progress made on the construction of No. 3840 at Tyseley Locomotive Works. Following the fitting of the horn blocks the frame plates have been placed upright on stands ready for the

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Bob Meanley joins 3840 project

3rd November 2020 Gary Boyd-Hope News

WE are delighted to announce that former Tyseley Locomotive Works Chief Engineer and doyen of GWR locomotive matters, Bob Meanley, has joined the County of Montgomery project as our Engineering Manager. Bob is regarded as

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County of Montgomery’s nameplates revealed

28th October 2020 Gary Boyd-Hope News

PROCAST Foundry in Yorkshire has almost completed the new nameplates that will be carried by County of Montgomery when the locomotive is complete. The two plates have been made in the time-honoured Swindon fashion, featuring

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Cylinders ordered for ‘County of Montgomery’

5th October 2020 Gary Boyd-Hope News

WE are pleased to announce that we have placed the order for two brand new cylinder castings for County of Montgomery with specialist pattern-maker and supplier, Premier Patterns of Smethwick. Two sacrificial polystyrene patterns for

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October target for main frame completion

5th August 2020 Gary Boyd-Hope News

A BIG step forward was taken with the project in early July when the CCT formally placed the order for the erection of No. 3840 County of Montgomery’s frames with Tyseley Locomotive Works (TLW). The

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Repairs completed to 3840’s chimney

28th April 2020 Gary Boyd-Hope News

REPAIRS to the former ‘Hall’ chimney (ex-No. 4953 Pitchford Hall) acquired for County of Montgomery have now been completed by Cast Iron Welding Services at Coalville in Leicestershire. The chimney suffered damage to its base

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Latest news

  • Main frame assembly completed at Tyseley
  • Coupled wheels ordered for County of Montgomery
  • ‘County of Montgomery’ to be based at Toddington?
  • New nameplates completed
  • 3840’s frames go upright AT TYSELEY

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