BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Near You Event - The Prince of Wales Steam Locomotive Project\n \nEvent Type: Talk or debate\n\nIndustry Sector: Railway\n\nSpeak Details: Huw Parker is a serving Lieutenant Colonel with the Corps of Royal Engine ers based in Bristol. He has previously owned his own steam locomotive and is a senior driver of steam and heritage diesel traction at the Llangolle n Railway\, where he has also served as a Director and Trustee.\n\nDescrip tion : The first Gresley class P2 No. 2001 Cock o' the North was completed in 1934 by the London &\; North Eastern Railway (LNER) at its Doncaste r works. It was the most powerful express passenger steam locomotive ever built for a British railway. Designed by Sir Nigel Gresley\, the Chief Mec hanical Engineer of the LNER who also designed the famous class A3 No. 447 2 Flying Scotsman and world speed record holder class A4 No. 4468 Mallard\ , the class\, which was eventually to number six\, was constructed for use on the arduous Edinburgh to Aberdeen route. The P2's 2-8-2 'Mikado' wheel arrangement and 6ft 2in driving wheels enabled them to haul 600 ton train s on their own\, replacing two older locomotives. However\, the P2s never lived up to their potential. The advent of the streamlined trains in the l ate 1930s and then the second world war meant that the design was never fu lly developed and all six were rebuilt as class A2/2 4-6-2 'Pacifics' in 1 943/44 by Sir Nigel Gresley's successor\, Edward Thompson\, following Gres ley's premature death in 1941. \nThe P2SLC will build the 7th member of th e Gresley P2 class steam locomotives\, No. 2007\, Prince of Wales. The pro ject will demonstrate how the most powerful class of express passenger ste am locomotives to operate in the UK can be fully realised. We will use mod ern computer design and modelling techniques to enable it to deliver its t rue potential hauling passenger trains at high speed across the national n etwork.\n\nABOUT THE PRESENTER\nHuw Parker is a serving Lieutenant Colonel with the Corps of Royal Engineers based in Bristol. He has previously own ed his own steam locomotive and is a senior driver of steam and heritage d iesel traction at the Llangollen Railway\, where he has also served as a D irector and Trustee. An active member of the Tornado Support Crew\, he act s as the Responsible Officer on mainline tours and visits to preserved rai lways and also organises the other volunteers to support the engine. As an advisor to Trust he provides project management support to both the A1 an d P2 project\n\nContact Details: Richard Peacocke\nAddress: United Kingdom . DTEND:20161116T210000 DTSTAMP:20260618T111916Z DTSTART:20161116T183000 LOCATION:Somerset College\, Lecture Theatre A\, Wellington Road\, Taunton\, TA1 5AX\, United Kingdom SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The Prince of Wales Steam Locomotive Project UID:240254cd-286e-4bdc-a5c4-605bad422b46 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR