The Holden F5 Locomotive Trust

The bunker of F5 67218 has received a liberal coating of redoxide paint prior to repositioning as part of the Holden F5 exhibition at Mangapps railway museum.

The embryonic F5 67218 has been relocated from Ovington to Mangapps railway museum, Essex. Our new home has the benefit of being an operational museum facilitating public access to our project plus the added benefit of in-house engineering expertise.

John Jolly, owner of Mangapps railway museum has granted use of what is believed to be a WW1 aircraft hangar to the trust. Our immediate plan is to develop the interior of the building into a an exhibition that will feature progress made with the project and in addition a comprehensive display portraying the history of this once extinct class of locomotive that featured so prominently throughout east London and the eastern counties of England.

The Holden F5 Steam Locomotive Trust is a non profit making charitable Trust and we welcome donations to bring forward the completion date of F5 67218. Membership, Gift Aid and Standing Order forms are available to download from this site.

The next major planned expenditure is the profiling of the mainframes that is scheduled for completion before Christmas 2010.

F5 67218 front bufferbeam off-loaded at Mangapps Railway Museum

Engineering Update

The bunker fabrication has been completed by Hunwick of Halstead and is ready for collection. Upon arrival at our workshop the bunker will be prepared for display in British Railways lined black.

F5 67218 Bunker

Shenfield Model Railway Exhibition – 18^th September 2010.

Shenfield High School, Oliver Road, CM15 8RY. Doors open at 10 am.

Chelmsford Model Railway Exhibition – 23rd October 2010.

Shoeburyness Model Railway Exhibition – 20th/21st November 2010.