Important, but not impressive work!

Plaque placed on the tank and other work weekend 6th / 7th June


The plaque recently installed on the ROD tank at Sheffield Park

  The plaque shown above was fitted to the tank of the loco that is on display in ROD livery outside the shop at Sheffield Park.  The plaque was kindly sponsored by one of our senior members in recognition of the hard work so far carried out on the loco.  It was fixed by Jim Turtle at the weekend.

No work was carried out on the frames, but nevertheless, things are happening.  Matt took the blanking plates off the cylinder casting to see what it looked like below. Much as susspected, the cylinders are not in the best of condition! A start was made on photographing and measuring the existing cylinder block. These photographs and measurements will assist in the making of drawings to produce a pattern for the cylinders. For the quantities of cylinder castings required, it appears that polystyrene patterns are the way to go.

This comming weekend (13th / 14th June) The Atlantic Fund are having an open day at their workshop. This means that it will be possible to see the progress on the restoration of No.27 as you walk to Atlantic House.  If we can, we are hoping that there will be people on hand to show you the progress on the frames and cylinders of loco 27, but this cannot be confirmed at the moment.

We will be having a large display of information, models and other items at the Bluebell Model Railway Weekend on the 27th and 28th of June, and again if possible we would like to be able to show you the restoration "on the ground", but again it is dependant on the number of volunteers available. We will also be having a "monster" sales stand there!  If you have any model railway or railwayana items you would like to donate to us, please contact us via the following E Mail address: thefenchurchfund@gmail.com

Thank you for your interest