Monthly Archives: April 2012

Industrial sponsor delivering the parts

Posted on 04/02/2012 by Eric Bond

New single ends for 76084 Scott Forrest of Forrest Precision Engineering has been busy producing some of those expensive parts mentioned elsewhere in recent posts. And they really look the part as our images attached show. Double forked ends for … Continue reading →

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Oliver visits Hepscott

Posted on 04/02/2012 by Eric Bond

The Tynesider rail tour of 10 March 2012 passed the Hepscott restoration facility of 76084. The crew knew of this and drew 76084 out of her Restoration Shed so she could be fully appreciated by the enthusiasts on the charter. … Continue reading →

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Funding gap narrows

Posted on 04/02/2012 by Eric Bond

Thanks to the generosity of a major shareholder who has offered to treble any new share purchases between November 2011 and 31 March 2012 over £40,000 has been received into the Restoration fund for 76084. At the last reckoning there … Continue reading →

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Sorry we have been away for a while but there hasn’t been too much to report until recently. We have started a couple of threads that you might be interested in so have a look around the blog site.

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