Type One Locomotive CompanyAll items relating to Great Central Railway Nottingham
Continued work during April has seen on the power unit the fuel cam followers have all been taken out, stripped for inspection and refitted. On the engine where the cylinder heads sit, these faces have been cleaned up and painted in grey gloss and the v of the engine has had a clean and another… Read More
A lot of work has been happening on the ground since our last update, so here we go.The clean air compartment roof section has had the rotten plate cut out and replaced. Internal painting has been completed, the air tanks that live on this section and others have been stripped and repainted and the electrical… Read More
D5830 On 06/04/2021 D5830 was awoken from its 13 month slumber in the shed at Ruddington. With numbers on site still restricted by the ongoing pandemic, just two of our engineering team spent Easter Tuesday progressing an A Exam (about two-thirds complete) and were able to run the engine up as well. Needless to say… Read More
Hello and happy new year. After a bit of a break in January the T1LC volunteers have been busy operating and working on our loco’s, see the round up below. D8098 D8098 has this month received an A exam and is now ready to enter service. For those who don’t know our loco’s have to… Read More