HARNESS THE POWER OF STEAM THIS FATHER’S DAY - Sponsor a component and help to build Britain’s most powerful steam locomotive

As the project to build new Gresley class P2 steam locomotive No. 2007 Prince of Wales prepares for the wheeling of the engine in the autumn, only four years after its launch, a new batch of components has been released for sponsorship in time for Father’s Day on Sunday 18th June 2017.

Dedicated Donations are normally only available to existing supporters but are being made generally available in the run up to Father’s Day.  In addition to being able to sponsor one of the ‘18 spokes of the 6ft 2in driving wheels’ for £600 (or £25pm for 24 months), other components now available for sponsorship range from a ‘Hornblock Driven Bolt & Nut’ at £25, a ‘Pony Truck Bearer Spring’ at £125, ‘Cartazzi wheelset, axlebox & bearing assembly’ at £700 (or £28 per month for 25 months), ‘Driving coupled wheelset roller bearing’ at £1,050 (or £52 per month for 25 months),  a ‘Cartazzi axlebox casting’ at £1,300 (or from £50 per month for 26 months), a Crank axle crank sweep forging LH at £3600 (or £100 per month for 36 months), the ‘Pony truck axle’ at £4,440 (or £70 per month for 60 months), to a ‘6ft 2in Driving Wheel Casting and Proof Machining’ at £12,000 (or £200pm for 60 months). People who subscribe to the scheme will have their names (or the name of the person the gift is for) inscribed on the official roll of honour at Darlington Locomotive Works listing the components sponsored, receive a certificate recording the sponsorship and copy of the drawing of the component.

Mark Allatt, Trustee and P2 Project Director, The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, commented, “We are delighted with the support the project to build Britain’s most powerful steam locomotive has received since its launch three years ago, with over £2.3m of the required £5m pledged to-date. We are confident that we will have the engine on its wheels this autumn and remain on-track for completion in 2021. However, to maintain this progress we need to raise £700,000 per year. We are therefore taking the opportunity of Father’s Day to give the Dedicated Donation scheme a boost.

“This initiative is a unique opportunity for supporters to have their father or grandfather’s name associated with a component of No. 2007 and the funds raised will help to ensure that Prince of Wales will be completed on schedule. Just as with the similar scheme that helped to fund the construction of now world-famous Tornado, supporters who subscribe to the scheme will have the satisfaction of pointing to the part of the locomotive they paid for when No. 2007 enters service. 2017 will see further major announcements as the construction of Prince of Wales gathers pace.”

Please contact dedicated.donations@p2steam.com for further information. New components available for sponsorship will become available as construction progresses. Please note that monthly payment options are one of the benefits made available to existing regular supporters only.

For more details visit www.p2steam.com, email enquiries@p2steam.com or call 01325 460163.