61264 Thompson B1 Locomotive Trust

14/06/2026

Today was the Trusts Annual General Meeting and it was lovely to welcome our newest members and to catch up with everyone. We can’t keep Thompson B1 61264 going without you, so THANK YOU all! Thank you to everyone who has donated recently and to all those who bought raffle tickets for this year’s raffle. We did the draw today and winners will be notified soon! #61264 Great Central Railway. Great Central Railway - Nottingham UK. NTHC Ruddington - Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre. The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust.

10/06/2026

Your time to win a footplate ride on Great Central Railway is coming to an end with the raffle being drawn on 14th June. Enter TODAY for just £5 and a chance to win this or one of our other fabulous prizes!

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07/06/2026

Would you like the chance to win a footplate ride on Great Central Railway

Trust volunteer Philip Morton sent us this video from his stint on the footplate of BR standard class 5 73156 this weekend.

Imagine? This could be you!

For your chance to win - enter our raffle (being drawn on 14th June) NOW!

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31/05/2026

Trust Chairman Dave Horton with a ‘thank you’ to everyone who has supported us over the last two weekends, and a reminder to enter the raffle before it’s too late!

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Fox & Edwards Events Great Central Railway - Nottingham UK NTHC Ruddington - Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre

31/05/2026

On the 50th anniversary year of Thompson B1 61264’s arrival to Loughborough on the Great Central Railway It’s such an honour to be able to share the story of 61264 with visitors: from restoration, the 200,000 odd miles of running, to her current overhaul, which sees her settled into the engine shed at Great Central Railway - Nottingham UK

Join as a member to support this endeavour and to be a continued part of her story

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31/05/2026

Trust volunteer Philip has been in the engine shed this weekend and took these stunning photos of Tornado and Flying Scotsman preparing to steam in the early morning sunshine!

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Help get our Thompson B1 61264 back out on the line by supporting our trust. Visit us in the engine shed to donate and join our prize raffle online. Only £5 to enter, with prizes including footplate rides and tickets on the Shakespeare Express!

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30/05/2026

Enter our raffle to help 61264 steam again.

Donate just £5 to the trust and support the overhaul of 61264 and give yourselves the chance of a great return with some fabulous prizes to be won!

Enter our raffle to help 61264 steam again. Great prizes to be won! £5 per entry. Prizes: - 3 x footplate rides on the GCR (Loughborough) - 2 x tickets on the Shakespeare Express - 1 x Hornby 00 gauge B1 - 10 x exclusive prints ‘61264 Crossing the Gap’ - 1 x bottle of Jura Single Malt Scotch Wh...

30/05/2026

We’re back in the engine shed this weekend, so if you’re visiting NTHC Ruddington - Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre to see Flying Scotsman please pop in to see us.

61264 is under her ten year overhaul and your support and kind donations will help get her through it and back out on the line!

25/05/2026

Trust volunteers Wendy & Lee were up in the engine shed at the NTHC Ruddington - Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre this weekend. Fox & Edwards Events

24/05/2026

We’ve had another fabulous day in the engine shed.

Thank you to everyone that stopped by. Thank you to every single person that donated today. Your generosity will get us nearer to seeing 61264 back in steam - so you are all part of her story now!

If you’d like to donate please consider joining as a member or make a one off donation here:

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