The North British Locomotive Preservation Group has announced that the full purchase price for No.25916 has been paid.

The payment follows a brief, but successful, fundraising campaign. The payment was made to SANRASM on the 14th July 2019.

Share Certificates will be sent out to all who donated in the next few weeks but the NBLP Group still need to raise another £2,000 to cover road haulage costs and a new paint job.

The group are therefore keeping the appeal open for the time being and a number of £25 Ownership Shares in the loco are still available.

As Members of the group will know, one of the stumbling blocks was that the original paperwork from Richard’s Bay Coal Terminal had gone missing over the years but SANRASM have now obtained written permission from RBCT for the sale to go ahead.

One of the Terminal’s stipulations, however, is that all trace of the loco’s previous identity and ownership is removed. This includes the current RBCT blue livery.

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