GWR 2800 Class No. 2807

Wednesday 22nd The day began with Gilbert moving the chocks and Brian moving the engine. This was just to open up the gap twixt loco and te...

Wednesday 15th John T began the day by gluing insulation around the cylinder blocks. There are two layers, here, held in place temporarily ...

Wednesday 8th Having been put on a new type of pill, Gilbert was back to his normal self, and was joining in everything again. However, he ...

Tuesday 31st Bruce’s homework for today was to take the tapered reamer to JB Toolgrinders Ltd at Tewkesbury for sharpening. We need it doin...

Wednesday 25th Brian and David M took the left-hand eccentric rods off to be cleaned and give access to the eccentric strap. The left-hand ...

Wednesday 18th The six of us were assisted at times by several Loco Dept chaps. Most notably, two chaps applied a second coat of bitumen pa...