The Greensand Railway Museum Trust
Caring for icons of the First World War trenches
One project completed successfully–and another about to start!
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LATE NEWS:
Repairs to 778 are almost complete, following its failure in service last year, and the boiler has passed its annual steam test.
One of the highlights of the 2011 season will be its outing to our French twin railway, Froissy-Cappy-Dompierre, for their 40th anniversary gala on 2nd to 5th June.
This will reunite 778 with the Somme battlefield lines, where it may well have worked when new, and with the resident Alco steam loco, also built in the USA for war service.
It will also fulfil an ambition held by its trustees from the very start of the project.
There will be an Indian flavour to the event as well, with the UK-based Darjeeling Himalayan “B” Class, No 19, visiting at the same time.
Their last encounter was at Leighton Buzzard in 2007, but 778 was still in the final stages of restoration, and was a static exhibit only.