Following the decision by the National Heritage Lottery Fund not to give their Stage 1 bid a pass back in September 2025 the General Steam Navigation CIC (GSNCIC) have continued a dialog with the Lottery Fund whilst considering our future options. This takes into consideration the request from the Swindon & Cricklade Railway that we move away from the railway as a Merchant Navy locomotive does not align with their future vision and business plan.
GSNCIC have announced to their Society members in the latest edition of “The Packet” the in-house magazine that they are in positive discussions with potential contractors Leaky Finders Ltd and hope that this will enable us to relocate GSN in the latter half of 2025. No decision has been made on a revised lottery application at this time. We will release more information once our discussions have concluded.