The loco has been under the Trust's ownership since 2016 and this page provides a timeline for each year of restoration.
2021
This section will be updated over the course of the 2021 calendar year.2020


New Tyres on – the process is reversed to fit the new one – the tyre is heated and then the wheel centre dropped in – cooling and contraction makes a snug fit then a retaining system (the Gibson Ring) is fitted to make completely secure.
2019






2018



2017

Pair of expansion links acquired – nearly new and surplus to another owning group’s requirements – half the price of new.
Non-destructive testing of the boiler undertaken - to establish detailed restoration requirements and where platework needs to be replaced. We are already aware that the lower firebox outer steel platework, some doorplate and throatplate will have to be replaced but no further unwelcome news.
2016
The Restoration Story begins, but to start you have to take everything apart!


Smoke box removed – badly corroded and not re-usable, but the chimney was salvaged.


