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Help Please - We are still in need of cash to complete the restoration and we would welcome donations

It is sometimes hard to believe that Vintage Trains is now entering the tenth season of operating the Shakespeare Express, and we have become extremely proud of 4965 Rood Ashton Hall, which has borne the brunt of the operations over this period. Since completing 4965 we have been steadily working away on our last Barry Scrapyard hulk Earl of Mount Edgcumbe. The restoration of this locomotive has become without doubt the most thorough repair that has ever been carried out on any GWR Castle during the preservation era, and has consequently already occupied several years of our spare time activities.

The fund, which was launched for the project has been well supported by many of you and much has already been achieved by the TLW team..........
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Tyseley June 2007 The Hawksworth tender Brian Wilson		Tyseley Oct 2007 Looking like a 'Castle' again Phil Neale		Tyseley October 2003 Partly re-assembled locomotive David Fisher

Tyseley 1974 - A source of spare parts! In ex-Barry scrap yard condition 1974 Michael Whitehouse		Tyseley Aug 2007 Lighting up for the first time in almost 44 years Richard Meanley		Swindon April 1962 ... (Tyseley 2008?) In ex-works condition.. our aim! Derek Penney

A tremendous amount of work has already been done to progress the locomotive this far. We think you will agree that we have already quietly achieved an enormous amount on this long and painstaking repair of what will undoubtedly become the best surviving example of this famous class of engine.

If you would like to become involved in, or are willing to help in sponsoring the completion of this mammoth task to return 5043 to its rightful place on the mainline, please contact us at Tyseley Locomotive Works. There may be other Castles working but none of them have the pedigree of 5043 with its long association with the Cheltenham Flyer, the Bristolian and with Old Oak Common shed. Join us and help to make it a flyer again.

As a token of our appreciation of your contribution, we will offer one of the following benefits based on your subscription to the 5043 Fund:


Subscriptions over £250	2 free return tickets on the Shakespeare Express trains from Stratford-upon-Avon to Birmingham.

Subscriptions over £500	4 free return tickets on the Shakespeare Express trains from Stratford-upon-Avon to Birmingham.

Subscriptions over £750	2 free tickets on a Vintage Trains excursion of your choice.

Subscriptions over £1000	A 4-hour footplate experience on 5043 at Tyseley

All donations received will be acknowledged and we send bi-annual updates to all 5043 supporters to show how their contributions are being spent to restore a thoroughbred engine!

We welcome single donations but appreciate that many people prefer to make a regular donation by monthly standing order. Please print off the donation form so that we can record your donations, and if you are a UK taxpayer, this enables us to reclaim tax paid on your subscription under the Gift Aid concession as 7029 Clun Castle Limited is a registered charity.

Download appeal brochure - please click on appropriate image

Front cover
with donations form
(274kb)

5043 leaflet

Inside page

(358kb)

Donations Form>>
HTML page

Please send the completed form to:
The Secretary, Earl of Mount Edgcumbe Fund, 7029 Clun Castle Limited,
670 Warwick Road, Tyseley, Birmingham, B11 2HL.

If you have any queries please call 0121 708 4960, or

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