Today I visited a workshop where two 2ft gauge locomotives are undergoing restoration. This is a private site associated with an industrial premises, and its location cannot be disclosed publicly.
The first locomotive is a Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0WT built in 1916 and marketed by Robert Hudson. It spent 43 years upside down in a river in Ghana before being salvaged. Its new boiler should be on the frames in the next couple of months.
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| The cab is ready to be attached once the new boiler is ftted. |
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| All motion parts have been made from new. |
The second is a 1916 Hunslet 4-6-0T that was brought back from Australia by the War Office Locomotive Society. It was used by British Imperial troops in France in World War 1 before undergoing a very hard life at a couple of Queensland sugar mills. This locomotive also needs a new boiler and restoration is continuing as funds permit.
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| The locomotive has been stripped right down and the frame is being worked on. |
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| The smokebox saddle casting was broken but it has now been expertly repaired. |
The return to service of these two locomotives will be a tremendous achivement. Once completed, both are expected to be based at the Apedale Valley Railway.
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