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The Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust (RSL>) is a charitable trust set up in 2009, to enable ownership and restoration to mainline running condition of the London Midland and Scottish Railway Royal Scot Class locomotive No. 6100 Royal Scot.
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The trust has since been expanded and now owns a number of mainline locomotives in various states of repair, most of which are associated with the Trust's founder, Jeremy Hosking.
History
The RSL> Ltd was formed in 2009 to protect for the long term, steam locomotives capable of hauling passenger trains on both the main line and heritage railways. Set up to acquire locomotive No. 6100 Royal Scot, the Trust became a registered charity in late 2011 when it acquired Great Western Railway 4-6-0 GWR 6000 Class No. 6024 King Edward I.
The Trust's stated intent is to have representative locomotives from the following railway companies:
RSL> locomotives are maintained to mainline operating standards and are operated on the mainline railways of the UK, in addition to preserved railways by Locomotive Services Ltd out of their primary base at Southall Railway Centre.
Locomotive overhauls are undertaken by companies across the UK that are in a position to undertake the uniquely skilled work required to restore steam locomotives.
Locomotive Services Ltd.
Owned by Jeremy Hosking, a trustee and major donor to the RSL>, Locomotive Services Ltd is a company dedicated to the maintenance and operation of steam locomotives. From a base at Southall Railway Centre and also a summer outpost at Bristol Barton Hill they care for the operational locomotives owned by the trust and also a number of other engines owned by Jeremy Hosking. Those include No. 4464 Bittern, No. 34046 Braunton and No. 5029 Nunney Castle. In 2015 Locomotive Services Ltd. also began to operates from the former Crewe TMD.
LNWR Heritage
In 2013 the Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust acquired LNWR Heritage, a company specialising in the overhaul and restoration of steam locomotives, from Pete Waterman.
Steam locomotives
The Trust owns a number of steam locomotives, which presently include:
Updated: 23 January 2017, 6:30pm