Much work continues although much behind the scenes. I spent a happy hour or so in the NRM at York digging out drawings for the project....

Happy New Year to all our readers. Thank you for your support to date and we look forward to you continuing to support us through to...

Latest good news is the crossheads have been cast and will now go to be machined. Meanwhile at Didcot, work to attach the springs has...

There has been a surge in recent news updates coming into the webmaster's inbox, so here amalgamated are the most recent stories: Cast...

Great to see that at the end of last week the smokebox was delivered to Didcot. This is a massive step forward in being able to visualise...

Here is the first view of our new County smokebox. Doesn't it look good? We are excited to see what it will look like on the loco.

Latest news update from the coalface: A quiet day Saturday. We were going to install the tender vacuum cylinder but we noticed it had a...

A recent update has come in with progress on the smokebox. This detail photo shows the real quality of the job being done. We hope to see...

It's often been said that a picture paints a thousand words. We sometimes get picture sent in, often with a story behind them; please do...

The main recent success is that at last the wheels are back in place and work is progressing fitting the springs and brake gear. The...

More progress pictures have recently dropped into my inbox showing the latest stage with the smokebox. The ring has now been permanently...

Pictures have arrived this week showing the progress on the smokebox door hinges and door straps. The ring half of the hinges are...

This weekend saw another working party on the County, coinciding with the launch of the Saint, Lady of Legend. It will be fantastic when...

With the Saint launch only a week away, we thought we'd get all holy as well. Only our focus is the front tubeplate which will soon be...

Work continues on various fronts. With the tender coming on a treat, the braking needs looking into. Here Gary Davies is trial fitting...

Our latest press release to the media reads as follows: Following a recent visit to Goodman’s of Nottingham the 1014 Project team were...

The title is not so much a commentary on how difficult it can be to build a new steam locomotive, more an actual statement of further...

Just like buses, just after you put one post out, more news arrives on the electronic pigeon. In this case it is progress with the front...

Always in need of working off all that lovely Christmas pudding, our dedicated team got together between Christmas and New Year to do...

Following our visit to HBSS Ltd (boilersmiths of Huyton, Merseyside) we have given them the go-ahead beginning in the new year to...