GWR ‘King’ locomotive preservation group dissolved

THE 6024 Preservation Society, the organisation which once cared for GWR ‘King’ 4-6-0

No. 6024 King Edward I, has been dissolved.

Financial Conduct Authority records show at a general meeting of the society, duly convened and held by conference call on December 4 last year, a resolution was passed “that the society be wound up voluntarily”. An ordinary resolution was also passed

“that Sam Talby and Rob Coad of Undebt.co.uk Orchard St Business Centre, 13-14 Orchard Street, Bristol, BS1 5EH, United Kingdom (office holder no 9404 and 11010) be and are hereby appointed Joint Liquidators for the purpose of such winding up”.

Companies House records show the group’s subsidiary, 6024 Sales Ltd, was dissolved on August 29, 2023.

The loco itself remains in the ownership of the Royal Scot

Locomotive & General Trust at Crewe, where it has resided since it moved from the West Somerset Railway at Minehead on February 23 last year.

A statement issued then by the 6024 Preservation Society and the Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust about the loco’s future said: “Over the past 11 years, the 6024 Preservation Society has carried out the overhaul of No. 6024 at Minehead on behalf of the owner, the Royal Scot

Locomotive and General Trust (RSL>). As engineering and technical requirements for operation... have changed over the past 11 years, the RSL>... wishes to assure itself of the condition of the locomotive prior to the completion of the overhaul.

“Therefore, the locomotive is being transported to Crewe for an engineering audit by various industry stakeholders and authorised bodies as part of the assurance process.”