Mr Richard Gibbon – the manufacture of a historical model locomotive

A talk by Mr Richard Gibbon on the building of a one fifth full size model of the first Beyer Peacock Isle of Man Locomotive. Richard Gibbon has an extensive railway preservation CV. He was head of Engineering & Collections at the National Railway Museum in York from 1989 until he retired in 2003. He has remained very active since then as a Heritage Advisor to the Heritage Railway Association and also as an expert advisor to the Heritage Lottery Fund on railway matters. Richard is also a current member of the Railway Heritage Committee. “He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2004 Queen’s New Years Honours List for his services to Museums. Richard was the former head of Engineering Collections at the National Railway Museum, York Flyer: A talk by Mr Richard Gibbon on the manufacture of a historical model locomotive.