As agreed by shareholders at last weeks 4253 AGM. The boiler has now been dispatched to specialists in Liverpool for rebuilding. We would expect it to the completed and returned by the end of this year A Boiler Fund has been set up to finance the workfrom the sale of an additional 100 shares. GWR 4253 The ‘Final Push’ Appeal … Read More
A PACKED meeting of shareholders at this year’s AGM unanimously approved a major new announcement and proposal by the board of directors. Shareholders were 100% behind the proposal without any abstentions and this landmark decision should now significantly cut the completion time of 4253 by around 18-20 months ….
Week 4 Christmas week but we still kept soldiering on. Monday and Tuesday were the last two days of the Santa Specials so the sales team were kept fully occupied raising funds for the project. A sincere thank you is in order to all those shareholders who turned out to help man the stand over the whole ten days. Everyone took … Read More
Final Week Despite working on five days this week we haven’t actually done anything on the loco. Reason is that this is our busiest fundraising period with ten days of manning our sales stand during the running of the Santa Specials. Tuesday involved gathering together all the stuff we were going to need, Thursday was transporting and erecting the gazebo … Read More
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December 2019 Firebox palm stays fettled and fitted ready for riveting New throatplate riveted to boiler section New steam heat shut-off valves made and fitted Crank pins and rods measured for machining bushes November 2019 New brasses for side rods rough machined Final welding in of throatplate finished New backhead cladding started Firebox lap seams caulked in October 2019 New … Read More
Week 4 This week’s work started with the concrete pour for our new entrance ramp followed by some floor painting. The boiler expansion brackets were needle gunned to get the rust out of the hollows on the back that accommodate the boiler’s stay heads after which they were given a coat of heat resistant paint. In preparation for Sunday’s riveting … Read More
