Thank you for visiting the 7029 Clun Castle Overhaul Fund..
We are asking for you to donate towards the cost of the overhaul to return Clun Castle to Mainline Steam condition.
Clun Castle is very near and dear to our hearts as it was the engine that started it all way back when!
At Tyseley Loco Works, the Birmingham Railway Museum Trust are in the process of restoring 7029 Clun Castle to Mainline Steam condition. We are targeting the 2013 Summer Open Weekend as Clun Castle's return to steam.
Ben is raising money for 7029 Clun Castle:
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7029 Clun Castle: 7029 Clun Castle is the engine that started off the preservation era at Tyseley in 1968. It was saved for eventual preservation on the Dart Valley Railway, but after the withdrawal of all steam on the Western Region was kept at Tyseley for use on enthusiast specials. It 'stayed on' after all other steam activities had ceased and became the flagship locomotive for the Tyseley Collection giving its name to the collection's owning company '7029 Clun Castle Ltd'. 7029 was constructed by BR at Swindon in May 1950 as one of the last batch of 'Castles'. In its present condition it represents the final development of the class incorporating the modifications made in the 1950s. Outwardly, the only indication of enhanced performance is the double chimney, but internally the boiler has a four-row superheater and altered smokebox draughting arrangements. 7029 was the last 'Castle' to remain in BR service and was withdrawn in 1965. Prior to withdrawal, in 1964 'Clun' achieved its finest moment at the head of an enthusiasts special commemorating the end of express steam working on the Western Region. On the descent of Wellington bank in Somerset, the locomotive achieved a top speed of 96 mph on the fastest ever recorded timing over the arduous route from Plymouth to Bristol. It hauled the last steam service train from Paddington in 1965 and was also the last steam engine to leave the former Snow Hill station with a passenger train. Since preservation, the engine has travelled widely on excursions and to Open Days in London, Newcastle, Carlisle, Leeds, York, Liverpool, Stratford. Didcot and Hereford. During 1985, 'Clun Castle' played a prominent part in the Great Western Railway 150th Anniversary celebrations by hauling main line trains as far away as South Wales and Cornwall. Clun Castle was the last steam engine to haul a train from the original Moor Street station before it closed making way for the 'new' Moor Street station situated on the through lines to Snow Hill. Indeed this was the last train out of the original Moor Street station before it was closed. Clun Castle the first steam locomotive to use the new Snow Hill station which was opened by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales who rode on the footplate through the Snow Hill tunnel to Moor Street and on to Tyseley. Clun has seen spells of duty at the Great Central Railway & Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Railway, and was a popular engine on the Steam Locomotive Driving Experience Courses which were run at Tyseley. Her current 'certificate' ran out at the end of 2001 and she now awaits her turn for overhaul in Tyseley Locomotive Works. An appeal to fund the overhaul and return of Clun to the mainline was formally launched at the Tyseley 100 Open Weekend on 28/29 June 2008.
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Donations
9 donations made so far
Display Name
Date
Amount
Gift Aid
Message
Alan Homer
23/04/2012
£20.00
£5.00
I know it's a while since the Double Lickey banker, but many thanks for that, brilliant to see, and for all the tours that give so many the opportunity to travel behind or at least see steam.
Clive Hanley
27/03/2012
£20.00
£5.00
A small contribution to the fund as a thankyou for the awesome display by Princess Elizabeth and the two panniers up the Lickey incline on Saturday 24th March 2012.
Mark at Steam Age Pictures
26/03/2012
£10.00
£2.50
A little something in appreciation of the fine performance by Lizzie and the two Panniers on the Lickey Bank last Saturday
Dave V
26/03/2012
£10.00
£2.50
With thanks for lineside enjoyment of 5043, 6201 and others.
Chris Roscoe
26/03/2012
£5.00
£1.25
Photted 6201 yesterday here is a donation
Austin Whitehead
26/03/2012
£5.00
£1.25
Thanks from a grateful linesider for the Double Lickey Banker
jane smith
26/03/2012
£10.00
N/A
this is for last weeks show on the lickey bank
djw
26/03/2012
£10.00
£2.50
Hi i'm djw from the National Preservation Forum and I posted that would make a donation as a photographer on the Lickey. So here you are.
Thank you for a hugely enjoable day out.
Dave
Barry Austin
07/07/2011
£50.00
£12.50
Bob, I hope to see you on the 6th August but it depends on what is happening in York !!! Best wishes, Barry
