The P2 Steam Locomotive Company have announced that their Motion Club has passed the £100,000 mark.

The Motion Club was launched in April 2018 and aims to recruit 175 members to fund the £210,000 motion for the P2 locomotive.

To allow No.2007 Prince of Wales to be complete by 2021, the Trust needed to order the heavy motion in 2018.

If you would like to support the P2 Steam Locomotive Company and their Motion Club then please click here, email [email protected] or call 01325 460163

For supporting this appeal, you will receive some special benefits:

• Opportunity to buy ticket (seat already reserved) on one of the first trains hauled by No. 2007 Prince of Wales
• Reasonable access to No. 2007 at all times
• Opportunity to buy exclusive Motion Club badge
• Opportunity to join one of the teams building No. 2007
• First choice of other components to sponsor
• Special Motion Club day with Tornado
• Special limited-edition version (signed/numbered) of Stuart Black’s drawing of No. 2007 Prince of Wales.

What did the officials say?

Mark Allatt, P2 Project Director and Trustee, The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, commented:

“We are delighted with the level of support that the project to build Britain’s most powerful steam locomotive has received since its launch. Thanks to our supporters’ continued generosity, over £3m has now been donated or pledged. Recently, we have focused on the wheeling of No. 2007 and completing the boiler cladding.

We now want to turn our attention to the motion which is our next major design and manufacturing challenge. Given the level of support The Motion Club has received in just three months, we are confident we can raise the additional £110,000 needed to pay for the heavy motion, and remain on-track for completion of new Gresley class P2 locomotive, No. 2007 Prince of Wales in 2021”

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