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LSWR B4 No. 96 'Normandy'
2024 overhaul
'Normandy' in Atlantic House, its overhaul having commenced in mid-2024
The locomotive is in 'Atlantic House' for an "internal contract" overhaul, largely funded from the money already raised, with the work undertaken by the team who have built the new Brighton Atlantic.
In addition to this page, recording the overhaul for posterity, there are more frequent and detailed reports:
Autumn 2025
A large update is available to download as a PDF.
This photo shows Normandy's frames now lifted from its wheels, cleaned, needle gunned and in primer.
8 July 2025
The frames were lifted from the wheel sets on Tuesday 8th July using the jacking system in the Atlantic House. (Photo thanks to and © John Fry)
The lifting beam being attached to the front buffer beam.
At the back the lifting beam was positioned under the frames.
The frames lifted with the wheels ready to be rolled out.
Cylinders and valve chest.
The wheel sets after cleaning.
The four main springs including, at the back, one broken one.
The brake blocks which need replacement!
Some of the numerous items removed can be seen adjacent to the Adams Radial.
2 July 2025
The chassis has been cleaned and primed with areas due for further work noted.
New plate has arrived for the cab floor and the motion is being cleaned and inspected.
(Photo thanks to and © John Fry)
The chassis with primer applied.
Cab Floor Plates.
The weighshaft.
The motion being worked on.
 
The eccentrics – before and after!
April 2025
On 10 April, as seen in Melvin Frohnsdorff's photo, Normandy was wheeled out of Atlantic House, and its boiler lifted.
Dismantling the locomotive, including lifting out the boiler, is always a key stage in any overhaul; the boiler can now be properly inspected to determine what repairs, beyond the mandatory replacement of boiler tubes, will be required.
Richard Salmon's photos below, taken on 21 and 27 April, show the frames in Atlantic House, and the boiler in the yard on its trolley.
 
See the Bluebell Railway's Web Page for 'Normandy' and the Bulleid Society's Web Page.
In addition to this page there are more frequent and detailed reports of the current overhaul:
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