We are launching a special fund to finish the project. £200,000 will see a Hawksworth County in steam for the first time since 1964! 56 years in the waiting,...

Radio silence has not meant a lack of progress. Despite the restrictions in place across the country, many firms are finding ways to carry on working and tho...

It's brilliant to see, that even in this time of unprecedented working conditions, some great progress is still being made. HBSS, our boilersmiths have manag...

Malcolm Doling has been in touch and sent us this fantastic picture of 1019 County of Merioneth (my favourite as I'm a Ffestiniog volunteer - Webmaster) . It...

Typically just when nothing else was expected this month, along came a telegram from Didcot. Despite the weather (will we manage to complete the alphabet thi...

Much work continues although much behind the scenes. I spent a happy hour or so in the NRM at York digging out drawings for the project. As with any searches...

Happy New Year to all our readers. Thank you for your support to date and we look forward to you continuing to support us through to completion of this impor...

Latest good news is the crossheads have been cast and will now go to be machined. Meanwhile at Didcot, work to attach the springs has finished and further as...

There has been a surge in recent news updates coming into the webmaster's inbox, so here amalgamated are the most recent stories: Cast plates: As previously ...

Great to see that at the end of last week the smokebox was delivered to Didcot. This is a massive step forward in being able to visualise what the loco will ...

Here is the first view of our new County smokebox. Doesn't it look good? We are excited to see what it will look like on the loco.

Latest news update from the coalface: A quiet day Saturday. We were going to install the tender vacuum cylinder but we noticed it had a damaged pipe fitting....

A recent update has come in with progress on the smokebox. This detail photo shows the real quality of the job being done. We hope to see this finished soon ...

It's often been said that a picture paints a thousand words. We sometimes get picture sent in, often with a story behind them; please do keep sending them - w...

The main recent success is that at last the wheels are back in place and work is progressing fitting the springs and brake gear. The tender brake cylinder is...

More progress pictures have recently dropped into my inbox showing the latest stage with the smokebox. The ring has now been permanently attached, as have th...

Pictures have arrived this week showing the progress on the smokebox door hinges and door straps. The ring half of the hinges are complete and the door hinge...

This weekend saw another working party on the County, coinciding with the launch of the Saint, Lady of Legend. It will be fantastic when we are able to line ...

With the Saint launch only a week away, we thought we'd get all holy as well. Only our focus is the front tubeplate which will soon be delivered to HBSS for ...

Work continues on various fronts. With the tender coming on a treat, the braking needs looking into. Here Gary Davies is trial fitting the piston to the vacu...