The Gowrie Locomotive Trust 

Trailing Bogie In view of the intention to take the trailing bogie as our main exhibit to the Hengist Open Day in April, in order to make it look presentable, several weeks were set aside to apply a number of coats of paint to give it a more pleasing appearance. As it was taken to the open day, it had been given undercoat inside the frames and one coat of top coat on the outside. Since it took several days to allow the paint to dry, it was not possible to assemble the bogie u

Following the successful Hengist Open Day held at Diamond Group Services (formerly CTL Seal), the Gowrie Locomotive Trust CIO are pleased to announce that we have officially placed the order for the construction of the new boiler for Gowrie with Diamond Group Services. Our Treasurer & Secretary Marion Allen handing over the order to Andy England, Owner and Managing Director of Diamond Group Services The announcement represents a significant milestone in the ongoing project to

Cylinders The machining of the cylinder castings is now at a very advanced stage. The next part of this process will be the machining of the steamchest covers, together with their mating face on the main cylinder castings, with all the holes drilled and tapped as necessary to attach the covers to the main castings. This will be followed by the machining of the valve faces and the slide valves themselves. Since the above work has not yet started, it is obviously not possible t