We are delighted to announce that new member Phil Morton of Loughborough is the winner of our competition to secure a Bachmann 00 gauge 1264 in LNER Lined Green livery. He plans to give the [...]
Just two weeks since launching our new '6-12-64' membership scheme, the amount of monthly income being generated for the restoration of 61264 has increased by nearly 50%. This is an incredibly good start, but in [...]
To mark the launch of our exciting new '6-12-64' membership scheme, the Thompson B1 Locomotive Trust are offering subscribers the chance to win a 00 gauge model of 1264 in LNER Lined Green by Bachmann [...]
Today the recently-formed 'tender design team' met at Ruddington to establish the design requirements for a new tender tank. The existing tank is the original and is now life-expired, being heavily corroded at the bottom. [...]
As part of making our new home at Ruddington, we would like to establish a display of photos showing 61264 at work on the railways of Nottinghamshire, to put her 'in context' for visitors. In [...]
On Tuesday 30th August, 1264 was unloaded at the Nottingham Heritage Centre, after her long journey down from Pickering. Under the watchful gaze of staff from Reid Freight Services Ltd, and TBLT Chief Engineer Steve [...]
Thompson B1 no. 1264 is moving to the Nottingham Heritage Railway (NHR) to begin its next overhaul, departing from its operating base of the last 10 years at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR). The [...]
Now that lockdown is easing, maintenance of 1264 has been picked up again at the NYMR. At the moment the motion is off the right hand side of the engine to facilitate NDT (Non-Destructive Testing) [...]
