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Offers of help were given to the owners of all 3 ALCOs 801, 803 & 804.
Railworld, owners of 804 happily accepted help from the group and the first meeting was held at Railworld (next to the Nene Valley Railway in Peterborough). A few weekends were spent doing remedial bodywork and mechanical work, however Railworld mentioned that a new museum building and workshop was to be built. Work has been temporarily halted until this building work is completed.
Railworld received a number of spares with 804 which had been stored in 2 grounded van bodies on their site. Sadly however, 20 years of vandals using the vans, leaving doors open, and removing anything of value, resulted in most parts being of no use other than scrap. A few items were salvaged, and these were moved to the main Railworld site for safe storage during 2006. As soon as progress is made with the promised new shed, we’ll continue to offer support to Railworld.
The owners of 803 were offered help during 2007 by one UK Alco Group member, but sadly this offer of help was not taken up.
801 was recently purchased by several members of the UK Alco Group committee, and is in the process of being moved to the Aln Valley Railway for restoration to running order. The restoration site is a private location without public access, however, if you’re heading North on the East Coast Main Line, look to the right just after passing Alnmouth station, and you may catch a glimpse of 801.
The Aln Valley is to be built to accomodate European and some American locomotives, and will be approximately 3 miles in length, with an ornate viaduct en-route when complete; so the out of gauge Alco will have a home where it can operate.