The Locomotive Conservation and Learning Trust continues to search for a contractor to carry out the Heritage Lottery Fund-backed overhaul of NER J21 0-6-0 No. 65033.
LCLT chairman Toby Watkins said: “We’ve received formal permission from the HLF to start and the money is there, but we’ve been unable to select a contractor to overhaul the J21 and so instead of starting work, it continues to sit at Shildon.
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“It is disappointing to note that while some contractors are extremely professional and have produced credible responses to our invitation to tender, there are others whose approach is somewhat more amateurish. As a result, we are extending our tender period and the J21 will have to sit with the National Railway Museum at Shildon for a few more weeks.”
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