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) [...]
1264 will be taking part in this year's winter running over December and into the New Year. Visit http://www.nymr.co.uk for mor edetails and running days.
1264 is staring in the GWSR's Cotswold Festival of Steam Gala in May 2019 visit the events page for details
1264 has again been selected to run on this years GBXII railtour. see events page for details
1264 visit to SVR Unfortunately due to overrunning winter maintenance, the loco is not yet finished and we will not be able to make the loco fit for its move to SVR with Tornado on [...]
The Thompson B1 Trust is excited to show you all 1264 in its new livery. TBLT would like to thank John Furness and the many volunteers at the NYMR who helped pull off this mammoth task. Click [...]
John Furness has finished painting the tender of 1264 and work is now progressing on the loco, the majority of the winter maintenance is complete with just a small number of jobs to complete. One [...]
