news 6 - P2 2007 "Prince of Wales"

It has just been confirmed by the P2 Steam locomotive Group that 2007's frames have been rolled at TATA steel on St Georges Day! This is a major breakthrough in brining back a leviathon form the ashes of history!

This is a major construction milestone, but also marks the end of an important fundraising event, this being the "founders club". The opportunity to ride the first train hauled by 2007 clearly carries it's worth in Gold, with an impressive £350,000 being raised, enough to create a full rolling chassis by the end of 2014! 
for those of you who have little insight into how radical this is, it took 60163 Tornado 4 years to  raise just £100,000. 

However, it is important to remember that a new P2 is not exclusive to the a1slt, no, they seem to be blurred into the backround is the "Doncaster P2 Steam Locomotive Company", who have waited 20 years to raise just £35,000 toward their replica of 2001 with an A4 nose to the original design specification, as represented here by this excellent L H Loveless 2003 "LORD PRESIDENT". After all,2001's frames were cut before 2007! So they are now two P2s in the world. 

I myself would love to see a possible lineup of the two, to show how the original 2001 evolved.

On the brighter side, at least one new P2 is guaranteed for the near future, 2021 in the case of 2007, with streamlined 2001 hot on its heels.