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    Builder sought for new P2 Prince of Wales boiler

    Jun 25, 2018 3 minutes
    By Robin Jones

    THE A1 Steam LocomotiveTrust is inviting tenders for the manufacture of the boiler for the £5 million new-build Gresley P2 2-8-2 No. 2007 Prince of Wales.

    The boiler for what will be the seventh member of the class of Britain’s most powerful steam locomotive will be similar to that built by DB Dampflokwerk Meiningen in Germany for new Peppercorn A1 Pacific No. 60163 in 2006/7, a fully-welded design

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