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More work has taken place with the steam tram. The boiler has been painted, and has had fittings attached. The boiler has been put into the tram body for a test fit. The sand boxes have been rubbed down and painted. The tram cylinder and piston is currently visible. The makers plate makes interesting reading, and believed to be over 100 years old. The Bedford TK flatbed lorry is being worked on. The back wheels have been removed so that the seized brakes can be freed up. Class 08 diesel 08757 “Eagle” has had her fitness to run (FTR) exam. Ground work preparation has taken place at the tearoom, ready for a container to be installed, which will contain our new purpose built kitchen. It is hoped that the new kitchen will be in place before Easter. The existing kitchen will continue to be used for our Easter and Alice events before being closed to allow the tearoom to be renovated and remodelled to increase the available seating. More of the Coronation Walk route has been cleared. The ladies toilets at Spring Village have been painted, and we are now starting on the gents. The 2nd hand books are being set up in the Horsehay and Dawley station waiting room. They will be available for sale for a cash donation. All donations will go towards the maintenance and overhaul GWR 56XX steam locomotive No. 5619. Thanks to Jacob and Ian for the additional information and photographs used in this update. Our latest news video, Railway Roundup 3, is now available to watch on our YouTube channel https://youtu.be/74ZM28bWlc4?si=3rLOnQfAEjj12S_u Our 2024 special events can be found here https://www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk/events. We are asking our supporters to complete the following nomination form to hopefully receive a donation of £1000. The more nominations we receive, the more chance we have of getting it. It takes less than a couple of minutes to complete so please help us if you can https://movementforgood.com/index.php?cn=1003150&ct=heritage_arts#nominateACharity Our website, www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk has been given an overhaul and now contains more up to date information about our railway, rolling stock, what to see and do, and special events. Tickets are on sale and already selling for our Fish and Chip specials, and Alice’s Adventures to Wonderland event on 5th, 6th and 7th April. Please take a fresh look at our website and let us know what you think. The railway reopens to the public on Sunday 31st March. Our online shop has been revamped and enlarged to include railway books, soft toys and other items for sale. Please visit http://www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk/store/c44/Freight_Stop_Gift_Shop.html We currently have an appeal to buy a new boiler for our narrow gauge steam tram. You can help us greatly by donating at https://gofund.me/093e7130 As a thank you, we are offering rewards for certain levels of donations, although every single one is gratefully received and will help put our tram back into operation. Please also consider supporting Telford Steam Railway through the Telford and Wrekin Community Lottery, which is open to anyone in the UK over 16 years old. This weekly draw gives you the opportunity to win prizes up to £25,000. Tickets cost £1 per week and 50p from each ticket sale goes directly to the railway. Sign up at https://www.twincl.co.uk/support/telford-steam-railway
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Winter maintenance of GWR 56XX 0-6-2T No 5619 continues in the old loco shed. Most of the tubes have been now been swept clean. The old fire bars have been removed from the firebox, and a new set have been purchased. The ash pan has also been cleaned and with the loco being over the pit, the opportunity was taken to steam clean the frames. The mudhole doors have been removed in preparation for a boiler wash out. Another 300 yards or so of the route of Coronation Walk has been cleared. The tram boiler continues to be prepared to be installed back into the tram body for its steam test. Two new containers were delivered, and set up in position in the rear yard. These will provide additional storage area for the railway. The ladies toilets at Spring Village are being repainted. The Guards seat has been reinstated in the MK2 BSO No. 9406. Class 108 DMUs No 52062 and No. 51950 (privately owned) have been sold. Both units had left the railway in 2023. Thanks to Jacob, Antony and Dave for the additional information and photos used in the update. Our latest news video, Railway Roundup 3, is now available to watch on our YouTube channel https://youtu.be/74ZM28bWlc4?si=3rLOnQfAEjj12S_u Our 2024 special events can be found here https://www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk/events. We are asking our supporters to complete the following nomination form to hopefully receive a donation of £1000. The more nominations we receive, the more chance we have of getting it. It takes less than a couple of minutes to complete so please help us if you can https://movementforgood.com/index.php?cn=1003150&ct=heritage_arts#nominateACharity Our website, www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk has been given an overhaul and now contains more up to date information about our railway, rolling stock, what to see and do, and special events. Tickets are on sale and already selling for our Fish and Chip specials, and Alice’s Adventures to Wonderland event on 5th, 6th and 7th April. Please take a fresh look at our website and let us know what you think. The railway reopens to the public on Sunday 31st March. Our online shop has been revamped and enlarged to include railway books, soft toys and other items for sale. Please visit http://www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk/store/c44/Freight_Stop_Gift_Shop.html We currently have an appeal to buy a new boiler for our narrow gauge steam tram. You can help us greatly by donating at https://gofund.me/093e7130 As a thank you, we are offering rewards for certain levels of donations, although every single one is gratefully received and will help put our tram back into operation. Please also consider supporting Telford Steam Railway through the Telford and Wrekin Community Lottery, which is open to anyone in the UK over 16 years old. This weekly draw gives you the opportunity to win prizes up to £25,000. Tickets cost £1 per week and 50p from each ticket sale goes directly to the railway. Sign up at https://www.twincl.co.uk/support/telford-steam-railway The tram boiler is almost ready for the boiler inspector. All the cladding and insulation has been removed and we are just waiting for a fuseable plug and some fittings and it will be good for the inspection. The tram body has been steam cleaned, removing over 30 years of accumulated grease and dirt. The trams original green livery has been uncovered in a few places. Sentinel 0-4-0 VBT No 9366 has gone on hire to The Chasewater Railway from 7 February. The tubes of GWR 56XX No 5619 are being swept clean as part of its winter maintenance The air brake distributor from the RUDD ballast wagon has been removed, repaired and refitted. On testing, the air brakes were now found to be working perfectly. Lineside clearance continues along the route of Coronation Way. (The new pathway we are installing alongside the trackbed to Doseley). Good progress was made but there is still along way to go. More metal work on 12T Ventilated Fruit Van No. B758542 has been prepared and given a coat of primer Another Military Veterans breakfast took place on Sunday in the tearoom. It was great to welcome our friends to the railway again. Our latest news video, Railway Roundup 3, is now available to watch on our YouTube channel https://youtu.be/74ZM28bWlc4?si=3rLOnQfAEjj12S_u Our 2024 special events can be found here https://www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk/events.html Thank you to Ian, David and Josh for the additional information and photographs used in this update. We are asking our supporters to complete the following nomination form to hopefully receive a donation of £1000. The more nominations we receive, the more chance we have of getting it. It takes less than a couple of minutes to complete so please help us if you can https://movementforgood.com/index.php?cn=1003150&ct=heritage_arts#nominateACharity Our website, www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk has been given an overhaul and now contains more up to date information about our railway, rolling stock, what to see and do, and special events. Tickets are on sale and already selling for our Fish and Chip specials, and Alice’s Adventures to Wonderland event on 5th, 6th and 7th April. Please take a fresh look at our website and let us know what you think. The railway reopens to the public on Sunday 31st March. Our online shop has been revamped and enlarged to include railway books, soft toys and other items for sale. Please visit http://www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk/store/c44/Freight_Stop_Gift_Shop.html We currently have an appeal to buy a new boiler for our narrow gauge steam tram. You can help us greatly by donating at https://gofund.me/093e7130 As a thank you, we are offering rewards for certain levels of donations, although every single one is gratefully received and will help put our tram back into operation. Please also consider supporting Telford Steam Railway through the Telford and Wrekin Community Lottery, which is open to anyone in the UK over 16 years old. This weekly draw gives you the opportunity to win prizes up to £25,000. Tickets cost £1 per week and 50p from each ticket sale goes directly to the railway. Sign up at https://www.twincl.co.uk/support/telford-steam-railway Some unfortunate news to start this weeks update. Our class 144 Pacer No. 144013 was broken into last week and vandalised. Two windows were broken, fire extinguishers set off, a fire axe was stolen and a number of seats slashed. Despite having security measures in place, this is sadly an ongoing issue affecting us and many other heritage railways and will be an unnecessary drain on our finances and volunteer labour that we could well do without. Much better news is that we now have a boiler for our steam tram. It is 2nd hand, but we don’t think it has ever been used before. The wooden cladding has now been removed as we prepare it for the visit of the boiler inspector. Once it has passed its steam tests, the boiler will be adapted to fit the tram. The tram body continues to be worked on with the water tank now removed for cleaning and painting. Work is also continuing on the tram shed. Many thanks to everyone who has, and continues to generously donate to our tram appeal. Every penny given helps to bring our steam tram closer to being operational again, which we hope will happen in 2024. Dismantling of Peckett & Sons W6 steam engine No. 1722 “Rocket” continues. All of the insulation has now been removed from the boiler. In the smokebox, the concrete layer (which seals the smokebox so that a vacuum can be created) was broken up and removed, together with the bricks and sand that were underneath. A good clean with a vacuum cleaner and dustpan and brush finished the job. The bricks were retained for possible reuse. Only a couple more jobs to do and the boiler will be ready for lifting. The privately owned Sentinel 0-4-0VBT. No. 9366 is due to leave the railway on Wednesday to go on hire to the Chasewater Railway. Taking advantage of it currently being in the shed, the roof of BR Goods Van No. 767478 is being repaired and made watertight again. Painting of the metal work of 12t Ventilated Fruit Van No. B758542 continues outside. Deep cleaning of the MK2 TSOs that will be used during the season has been completed. Following work started on MK2 TSO No. 5221 last weekend, to identify what repairs are needed, some of the seats have been removed so that the floor can be lifted up and repaired. More brash and wood has been cleared to open up the view of Horsehay Pool from the picnic area. The rear yard continues to be prepared for the arrival of new storage containers. When in position, this will allow us to create an additional covered area for the storage and maintenance of plant machinery. Filming for the next edition of our railway round YouTube video was completed Thanks to Ian, David, Jacob and Ben for the additional information and photographs used in the update. Our latest video (a review of 2023) has been uploaded onto YouTube. https://youtu.be/UtrRAtJ5udo?si=g4bhDqCfFcpUVg1B We are asking our supporters to complete the following nomination form to hopefully receive a donation of £1000. The more nominations we receive, the more chance we have of getting it. It takes less than a couple of minutes to complete so please help us if you can https://movementforgood.com/index.php?cn=1003150&ct=heritage_arts#nominateACharity Our website, www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk has been given an overhaul and now contains more up to date information about our railway, rolling stock, what to see and do, and special events. Tickets are on sale and already selling for our Fish and Chip specials, and Alice’s Adventures to Wonderland event on 5th, 6th and 7th April. Please take a fresh look at our website and let us know what you think. The railway reopens to the public on Sunday 31st March. Our online shop has been revamped and enlarged to include railway books, soft toys and other items for sale. Please visit http://www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk/store/c44/Freight_Stop_Gift_Shop.html We currently have an appeal to buy a new boiler for our narrow gauge steam tram. You can help us greatly by donating at https://gofund.me/093e7130 As a thank you, we are offering rewards for certain levels of donations, although every single one is gratefully received and will help put our tram back into operation. Please also consider supporting Telford Steam Railway through the Telford and Wrekin Community Lottery, which is open to anyone in the UK over 16 years old. This weekly draw gives you the opportunity to win prizes up to £25,000. Tickets cost £1 per week and 50p from each ticket sale goes directly to the railway. Sign up at https://www.twincl.co.uk/support/telford-steam-railway |
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