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 [...]

See below for a sneak preview of the work being carried out by John Furness on the tender of 1264. Photos Adrian Dennis  

Thompson B1 Locomotive Trust Press release 13 January 2018   At the start of its winter maintenance, the operating Trust of the Grosmont-based Thompson B1 61264 concluded a year of running on the NYMR by [...]

Visit our Events page to see what 61264 is doing in 2018

The Thompson B1 Locomotive Trust would like to wish all our members, friends and followers a Very Happy New Year for 2018, we have an exciting year ahead so visit back soon to see what [...]

See the newsletters page for 70th Anniversary issue for 61264 including list of 2018 mainline runs and visits.

After a very successful week at the KWVR Steam Gala, followed by the Whitby Flyer railtour, we were disappointed to find on returning to Grosmont that steam and water was leaking from somewhere on the [...]

With the loco now back in traffic there has never been a better time to join the Thompson B1 Locomotive Trust - why not be a part of keeping this handsome mainline workhorse on the [...]