It's always good when you get an unexpected update. Here are some photos taken on the off chance by one of our followers while carrying...

A photograph from last weekend shows the chimney being removed from the smokebox of the County. As many of you know the chimney is the...

These pictures show one of the major milestones for the "new" County boiler - the barrel and the firebox have been riveted together. Next...

Thanks to all our wonderful supporters, we have now raised £980,000 which is a magnificent effort, and gets us closer to that magic...

So you have probably (hopefully) seen the County photographs in Steam Railway. Here are some from the shoot. How fantastic to have got to...

Those of you who are avid Steam Railway readers will have probably noticed a familiar face on the front cover of this month's edition....

Recently arriving in the inbox is this picture of the completed front tubeplate nicely showing the 3-row superheater flues. Another...

The pictures of the first finished connecting rod have come in and it does look rather good don't you think?

More pictures are coming in of the connecting rods currently being manufactured for us by Ufone Precision Engineering, and how good do...

An excellent day by the team today saw them fitting the smokebox. This has given us a real first view of a County not seen for many a...

Straight into the inbox today are these pictures from HBSS of the casting for the safety valve base. Also recently updated is our...

Typically, having just published an update, another arrives in the inbox. This time with some up to date pictures of the connecting rods...

Hot off the press is this picture of one of the crossheads being trial fitted onto the piston rod. It also gives a good insiders view of...

A picture has just come in from Somers Forge Ltd of the valve extension rods they have just completed forging. These are now being...

With things starting to really ramp up it is good to see yet more progress on the project. With work on the boiler and rods underway,...

We are launching a special fund to finish the project. £200,000 will see a Hawksworth County in steam for the first time since 1964! 56...

Radio silence has not meant a lack of progress. Despite the restrictions in place across the country, many firms are finding ways to...

It's brilliant to see, that even in this time of unprecedented working conditions, some great progress is still being made. HBSS, our...

Malcolm Doling has been in touch and sent us this fantastic picture of 1019 County of Merioneth (my favourite as I'm a Ffestiniog...

Typically just when nothing else was expected this month, along came a telegram from Didcot. Despite the weather (will we manage to...