Alstom, a global specialist in smart and sustainable mobility, is celebrating after one of its depot teams successfully completed a unique charity challenge earlier this month by pulling a 25‑tonne historic steam locomotive entirely by hand at Didcot Railway Centre. A total of 16 colleagues based at Great Western Railway’s Reading Depot pulled No. 1340 Trojan, built in 1897, along a 250 m stretch of track continuously for an hour.

Clocking up 1500 m, the test of endurance raised vital funds for Variety, the Children’s Charity as the team were cheered on by visitors to the Oxfordshire railway museum. ‘Pulling with Purpose: The Steam Locomotive Challenge’ was the brainchild of Che McCarthy, project supply chain leader at Alstom: “We’ve brought together colleagues, partners and the public to support Variety, and that’s something we’re really proud of.”Donate at www.tinyurl.com/4kwwt2z6