A more detailed explanation (with a few black museum photos) derived from the presentation given at the AGM has appeared on the 76 website....
Thankyou, I’m not a boiler engineer so was going from memory. We have records for boiler no.1052 but the wording is quite vague and doesn’t show...
That you, I was dredging up stuff I’ve heard and maybe mixing up with gwr !
Should add we’ve done well with over 220k raised for the boiler but we would give anyone a big welcome if interested in wanting to get involved...
I think the issue is that the repair we’ve opted for builds life into the boiler and whilst it’s heavily dismantled the chance to do it properly...
There will be a press release very soon bringing people up to date but as a general idea, we are now going to replace the copper doorplate due to...
Should be fine with those 4. I don’t think we have any regular 3 loco diagrams, so 4 locos allows 2 in use on the day, one spare and one on...
The defective nuts were flagged by the Hengist project. I believe a railway industry wide circular was put out and a number of Chinese ‘cheese’...
Here’s a bit of a catch up from September and October. Boiler work continues Leaky finders with work ongoing with new front tube plate and barrel....
I’ve never posted on this thread but generally read most posts over the years. My thoughts are based on nearly 40 years in heritage preservation...
Considering it’s hardly done any mainline mileage and had to have some remedial work after its previous testing and that they are probably still...
We have found similar in the case of 76077. If we build something to the drawings and drill the fixing holes it’s very likely it won’t fit and the...
Thankyou!! That’s the trouble planning the autumn showcase at the same time! Doh!
This weekend sees the Gwsr celebrating the rail 200 anniversary.titled Gwsr, past present and future, there will be access to the steam shed and...
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