No. 21C123 New Inner Firebox Appeal |
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 To enable No. 21C123 Blackmoor Vale to be overhauled and returned to traffic it requires a new inner firebox costing £200,000  Further Details Donation Form |
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16th May 2024
No. 21C123 Blackmoor Vale
No. 21C123 Blackmoor Vale is now down at Sheffield Park and the removal of the air smoothed casing on the fireman's side is being undertaken. To remove the casing, some of which is bolted on, all the rivets must be drilled out before the casing sections can be removed from the ribbed frame. A similar procedure has started on the driver's side of the engine.
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| No. 21C123 in the running shed at Sheffield Park. | |
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| Removal of the admisionary boxes for the axlebox lubrication. The firehole doors have also been removed. | |
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| The casing removed from around the firebox. | |
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| The casing removed from next to the smokebox. | |
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| The far front section of the casing has been left in place as the smokebox may be cut off. | |
No. 34059 Sir Archibald Sinclair
All areas except the tender rear have had two coats of gloss and lining out and cab lettering are in progress.
The painter is Ralph Timmins and the sign writer is Ian Adams – both experts in their own fields. The lining is carried out in the classic way with a chalk line to give the basis of the paint line and in a similar way a chalk outline is put onto the cab side for the number and the 7P 5FA power classification.
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| Ian Adams lettering the power classification with the numbers marked out on the right. | ||||
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The painted sign written number. |
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| The tender marked out for lining. | |
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| The tender lined and the BR crest in position. | |
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| The smokebox front. | |
19th April 2024
No. 34059 Sir Archibald Sinclair
Painting progress is slow but sure! Ralph is using a 50% paint and 50% PPA brushing additive for the first gloss coat, giving a good basic colour.
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8th April 2024
No. 34059 Sir Archibald Sinclair
Below are photographs of No. 34059's painting progress at Horsted Keynes. The painting has now reached the undercoat stage after much work in producing a good basic finish on which to paint. Areas where the surface finish was poor have been filled and then sanded before the first undercoat has been applied. The window frames are from the fireman's side of the cab and have been removed to assist the painting.
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6th March 2024
Normandy Landing!
No. 96 Normandy has been moved into Atlantic House for her overhaul. No. 32424's tender was first removed and then No. 96 was pushed onto the low loader which was then repositioned so that No. 96 could be off-loaded into Atlantic House.
No. 32424 Beachy Head will be reunited with her tender and they will then go into the maintenance shed.
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| No. 96 Normandy with LSWR Adams Radial Tank No. 30583 in bright sunshine (4th March). | |
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| Class 09 Shunter D4106 pushing No. 96 onto the low loader using SR Queen Mary Brake Van as a barrier. | |
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| No. 96 tied down ready for the move. | |
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| Repositioned for the final move into Atlantic House. | |
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| No 96 Normandy out of the rain inside Atlantic House. | |
22nd February 2024
No. 34059 Sir Archibald Sinclair
Below are some photos taken last week of No. 34059 in the paint shop at Horsted Keynes plus, at the bottom, one showing it moved outside whilst Pullman Car 54 has more varnish added!
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