We are also interested to hear of any personal recollections of the GWR Steam Railmotors. In addition, a complete set of angle irons required for the erection of the frames has been manufactured. A number of fittings for the frames have also been made, including the hornguides and spring hanger brackets which have also been machined and also the two motion plates castings which still require to be machined. The Society is also working towards completion of the two wheelsets for which it now has the four wheel castings and tyres as well as the 2 axles in its possession. Work is planned to machine these later this year.
Work is also in hand on manufacturing the new cylinder pattern.
In October 1999 a start was made on the coach body which had all the cladding removed to reveal the original woodwork in a reasonably well preserved condition. It also clearly showed the original former power end with the original window surrounds still in situ. The 'King' Class were the Great Western Railway's principal express locomotive, introduced in 1927. 6023 was built in 1930 and spent much of it's working life based in the West Country working heavy expresses between London and Plymouth and covered 1.5 million miles. A move in the 1950s to London and then later to Cardiff saw it working between London and Wolverhampton and South Wales.