Locomotive Works News

LBSCR E4-class No.473 ("Birch Grove") - Returns to steam - 30 January 2010

Current major locomotive overhaul/restoration/new-build projects:

• SECR P-class No.323 "Bluebell" - Overhaul progress - 6 January 2010
• LBSCR Terrier No.55 "Stepney" - Progress with the work to get it back in steam for the 50th Anniversary celebrations - 6 January 2010
• SECR H-class No.263 - Progress with its overhaul - 24 January 2010
• SR S15-class No.847 - Latest news - on the Maunsell Locomotive Society web site - 6 February 2010 - also an earlier update which includes details of their success in winning the Rail Category in the Eastbourne Historic Vehicle Club 2009 Awards Scheme for the restoration of their SR PMV (Parcel & Miscellaneous Van).
• Photo of No.847 re-wheeled (thanks to Tom James) - 25 May 2009
• SECR P-class No.178 - photos and reports from the Locomotive Workshop working group - 13 February 2010
• LBSCR Marsh H2-class Atlantic No.32424 - on the pages for the project - 13 December 2009
• Fletcher Jennings 0-4-0T "Baxter" - 5 May 2008
• BR Standard 2 tank restoration/conversion project: No.84030 - update - 17 September 2009
• BR Class 5 No.73082 'Camelot' on the Camelot Loco Society's web site - September 2009
• Photo from Tony Sullivan (21 May 2009) showing Camelot's frames being craned from its wheels, and a photo from Tom James (24 May) of the frames in the yard.
• Overhaul of our 1926-built internal combustion locomotive J&F Howard No.957 - Autumn 2005

Other Loco News:

• On the Bulleid Society web site: Photos of Sir Archibald Sinclair in the snow, and also pictures of Blackmoor Vale being pulled around a muddy field in Dorset. January 2010, December and September 2009

Archive of past news:

• SR/BR Bulleid BoB-class No.34059 "Sir Archibald Sinclair" returns to service - News report on the Bulleid Society's web site - 26 April 2009
• The Maunsell Locomotive Society reported the results of the boiler survey on Stowe which indicates that its overhaul will be a major project, plus the news that the Q-class has moved up the queue for attention in the Works - 12 August 2008
• Visit of LSWR 'Normandy' to NRM - June 2008 (on Bulleid Society web site) and photo of it subsequently at Barrow Hill (from Chris Gardner) - August 2008.
• Camelot's boiler lift took place on 19th November 2007 - Two photos from Ben Coughlan here and here.
• SECR "C" class No.592 - photos and reports from the Locomotive Workshop working group - Relaunched into service 3 November 2007
• SR/BR Bulleid BoB-class No.34059 "Sir Archibald Sinclair" - on this site - 4 October 2007 (More comprehensive news is on the Bulleid Society web site)
• SR Maunsell class "U" No.1638 - the loco returns to steam - report on the Maunsell Locomotive Society web site - February 2006.
• SR Maunsell class "U" No.1638 - restoration work
• SECR Wainwright class "P" (BR) No.31178 re-railed (this loco is now back in Bluebell ownership) - Feb 2005 - see new pages for recent progress
• SECR Wainwright class "P" No.323 (work on this and 27 was then stopped whilst more urgent priorities are dealt with) - Jan 2005
• LBSCR No 473 "Birch Grove" - front end repairs and repainting as British Railways No 32473 (Jan-Feb 2005)
• Locomotive Works news up to April 2003.