Recent content by Phoenix - 8783

Hi, we are currently working on the website so its suitable for phones etc, hang in there :)

yeah we know it will be a challenge to turn support into cash, we have been talking to other groups such as the A1 Trust (Tornado) who has given us info and advice. :wink: anyway we now have a brand new website: http://www.wix.com/claudhamiltonlocogro/phoenix#! please visit it, it gives...

Well as others on here have told you and along with our site (a new one is currently underway) we are just testing the water, to see if there is interest in a project to build a new Claud, and so far we have found that there certainly is. As the website says more info on the current team...

55% of the team have exerience with steam locomotive operation and maintenance - many of us are volunteers at verious railways.

As it says on the website (or the last time i looked) it said lempur ejectors and roller bearings are just possible improvements for the Claud i the design allows, and yes the NRM has drawings for us (hence on the websites homepage it says thanks to the NRM), and a few of us plan to go to York...

We are indeed currently looking into several of the tenders around the UK. Mainly the spare B12 tender at NNR as this is almost exactly the same as a Clauds. There is also a 'spare' tender frame at NNR apprently from a J15.

We aim to build and operate a standard gauge 4-4-0 D16/2 "Claud Hamilton" steam locomotive No.8783 to be named "Phoenix" and dedicated to James Holden who became Locomotive Superintendent at the Great Eastern Railway in July 1885. The locomotive will be numbered 8783, this was the number...