Update 14 February 2023

Swindon Show 4 February 2023
Thank you very much for everyone who came to the Swindon Show. It was a bit quieter than normal when the show was at Reading, but it was good to engage with you who came to the stand as we had a large number of our locomotives on display.

LMS/BR Ivatt Duchesses
As of today (14 Feb) we have reservations for 24 of the 25 Sir William Staniers, so we have transferred an additional 5 slots from the general production programme to this locomotive. If all these slots are taken up by the time you want to make a reservation for this engine and there are still spare slots for 46257 City of Salford, then please use a 46257 slot and say you want 6256/46256 in the notes. We will switch the slot to Sir William Stanier. This means that there are slots for up to 9 more models of 6256/46256. It is great to see the support for this programme which is so close to our heart. If only the real 46256 had been saved for the scrapman’s torch!

CLICK HERE to go to the Duchess reservations page.

I wish you all a Happy Valentines Day!

John Borkowski
14 February 2023