Theouterwr appe roft hefireboxof
No.563 beingremovedatt heFlour
Millworkshop.BILL PARKERPeckett0-6-0STJurassicarriv esat WallsLanestationonJuly13 completewithcommemorativeheadboard.GARETH EVANS
Swanage’sLSWRT3overhaulbegins, but
moremoney is needed to keep pace
PROGRESSisb eing made on theoverhaul
of LSWRWilliam Adams expres s4-4-
T3 No.563, forwhich theSwanage
RailwayTrustrecentlylauncheda
£350,000 appeal.
As reportedini ssue 255, onMay
the trust agreed to allowthe
now-unique locomotive, which
wastransfer redbythe National
Railway Museumto its ownership
in March2017, to be returnedto
steam,followingastrip -downand
exploratoryexaminationat Bill
Parker’s Flour Mill workshopat Bream
in theForest of Dean.
It is in tended thatNo. 563 will not
only becomeaflags hip locomotiveat
one of Britain’s premier heritage lines
but also visit other heritagerailways.
More than £30,000 has been spent
on thecopperforthe firebox, but a
similar sum will be neededforforming
up the inner firebox.
TheFlourMill,aworld leader in the
restor ation and operation ofVictorianJurassic marksLincolnshire CoastLight
Railwayanniversary with sleepercake
locomotives,now has the boiler under
atemporaryoutsideworking cover at
the workshop and staff have cut the
half sides outready to prepare the
throatplate andbackheadcorners.
Afew more crackswerediscovered
in the backhead during shot-blasting,
althoughat this stage they arenot
thoughttobetoo complicatedto
repair.The Flour Mill has shot-blasted
the frames and wheelsetstoo.
However, the foundationring is now
deemedto be beyondrepair,and anew one will bewater jet cut from
solid steel.MattMcManus,atrustee of
the 563 Group,said:“Ifanyone wishes
to sponsorthis item,we expectthat
it willcome inat around £3000.Any
help will begratefully received .”
Matt added:“The frames and boiler
will shortly be broughtintothe
workshop.However ,workwill only go
at the pace at whichwe can payfor it .”
The1893-built locomotive’stender
is setto be stripped inMarchand April
next year,atN orden on thePurbeck
line.Asignificantamountofneedle
gunning isrequired onthe frames and
wheels beforethe kitofparts can be
sentoff to an outsidecontractortobe
reassembled.
➜If youwould liketobecome
involved with thereturntosteam of
No.563, ortodonate tothe appeal,
visitwww.563locomotivegroup.
co.uk orcontactthe projectmanager
directlybyemailat:matt.mcmanus@
swanagerailway.co.ukTHE LincolnshireCoastLightRailway
(LCLR)celebratedthe 10th anniversary
of it reopening in SkegnessonJuly 13.
An iced wooden‘cake’was‘fed ’to
the line’s Peckett 0-6-0STJurassicat
its Walls Lane station, in the Skegness
WaterLeisureParkinI ngoldmellsby
the MayorofSkegness,Coun Mark
Dannatt,accompaniedby TheJolly
Fisherman, the local mascot.
The‘cake’–whichwasactually a
pieceofold railway sleeper–was
decorated by 18-year-old Horncastle
studentMillie Waby,who enjoys
baking and icing cakes,but not
normally,ones made ofwood for
railway engines!
What wasthe firstrailway in Britain
to be builtby enthusiasts on a
greenfield sitereopened in 2009 on
anew site42miles to the south of its
original Humberston location. Since
then, the track hasgradually been
extended and nowtotals¾ofamile.
LCLR spokesman John Chappell
said:“Itise xtraordinarywhathas
been achieved sinceMay 2009.
Whowould have thoughtwewould
welcomeamember of theRoyal
Family to the railway?Who wouldhave dared to think thatJurassic
would steam again with the help of
aLotterygrant or thatthe rusting
remains of one of the oldwartime
wagons from 1917–the only
survivor from those built in Lincoln
by Clayton &Shuttleworth–would
be transformed into adisabled
access carriage?Theline has
beenrebuilt andextended and its
historical significanceisnow widely
appreciated.”
Watchavideo ofJurassicin action
on July 13at http://www.therailwayhub.
co.uk/category/video/Writetous:Heritage Railway,MortonsMediaLtd,POBox43,Horncastle, LincsLN 96 LZ. eritagerailway.co.uk 15
IN BRIEF
➜WensleydaleRailwayhit
by vandals and thieves
MINDLESSvandalismreached the
WensleydaleRailway on the nightof
July 20, when thousands of pounds
worthofdamagewascausedby
youths who smashedawindowin
acarriageatLeeming Bar station,
ripped out seats and threw them on
to the track.
General manager Robert
Williamson said it appeared as if the
vandals had movedseats aroundto
crea te makeshiftbeds in the carriage.
Policewereinvestigating.
Thedamage came afterLeeming
Bar goods shedwasbrokeninto
during July,and several high-value
machinetools and items of plant
equipmentwerestolen.➜Lambton tank andBeyer
PeacockforPeakRail gala
PEAKRail has announced its first
mixed traffic galaweekendfor
August 10/11 with passenger
and freighttrains working to an
intensivetimetable.
Therewill be upto six working
locomotives includingresidentClass
44 D8Penyghentand Class 25 D
and on-hireVulcanFoundryAusterity
0-6-0ST No.72.
In addition therewill be Lambton,
Hetton&JoiceyRailway Kitson
0-6-0T No.29, courtesy of the North
YorkshireMoors Railway andBeyer
Peacock 0-4-0ST No.1827 of 1878
from theFoxfieldRailway,plus
an as-yetunspecified main line
steam locomotive.➜Landore08shuntermaybe
fired upat Llanelli gala
THE Llanelli andMynyddMawr
Railway (LMMR) will be holding a
running dayaimedat enthusiasts on
Saturday, August 31.
Recently-acquiredformerSwansea
Landoredepot shunterNo. 08795 will
be posed outsideforphotography
throughout the day. Subjectto
restor ation plansremaining on
schedule,itisproposed to fireupthe
08 forthe first time in preservation at
some pointduring the day.
Brak evan rides with the line’s
Sentinel 4wDH diesel No.10222Peter
JGriffithsandtrain rides behind
ex-NetherlandsrailwaysClass 600
No.690 will run between 10.45am
and 4pm.With the LMMR actively
extending its operational section
of running line,itishoped thata
further new section will be in use on
August 31.➜NorthNorfolk –first gala
visitor announced
THE North Norfolk Railway has
announced thatvisiting BR
4MT2-6-4 TNo. 80078 willform
part of the line-upat itsAugust
30-September1gala.