A working party took place on Sunday 19th July. With the tender tank now gone, this has afforded easy access to the tender frames, so new volunteers Finley Horne and Owen Stevenson set about cleaning [...]

After many months of preparation, the tender tank was finally separated from its chassis on Tuesday 23rd June 2026. The operation went largely without a hitch, and the tank was despatched to Hill & Webster [...]

We are pleased to report great success with our fundraising efforts before, during and after the Flying Scotsman 'Legendary Journeys' event at GCR Ruddington. Spread over 8 days in total (16th, 17th, 23rd, 24th, 25th, [...]

With the tender tank now ready for lifting (hopefully due to happen in the first week of May), our attention has returned to the engine, continuing with preparations to separate the boiler from the frames. [...]

Since Christmas, the last few bits and pieces have been removed from the tender, including handrails, beading, handbrake, water pipes and other fittings - leaving only the GSMR + RETB enclosure left to remove. Active [...]

Since the last blog post there have been 6 working parties at Ruddington and today (Saturday 10th January) marked the first working party of 2026. These working parties have continued to focus on preparing the [...]

Saturday 6th September and it was a hive of noisy activity in the No. 1 shed at Ruddington as TBLT volunteers had one of their most productive working parties to date. With a healthy turnout [...]

Saturday 5th July was another productive day. On the working party front, Jonny Johnson definitely 'took one for the team' by spending around 6 hours inside the firebox (on what was a hot summer's day), [...]