Giants of Steam Weekend

Just a short report from the Giants of Steam Weekend

We had a sales and information stand on Platform 1 on the Saturday of Giants weekend, we took the decision not to have a stand on the Sunday after taking advice from Tomasz Schafernaker on the BBC, he was correct, there was drizzle and wind for most of the day.


We had a good day with plenty of interest from our visitors resulting in a happy treasurer!



The stand is behind the interested visitors!

Whilst there was no formal presence at the restoration area, there proved to be plenty of interest in what was going on and we had many comments of feed back.


Whilst to the casual observer not much seems to be happening there is plenty of changes going on in the villa and on the frames.

The horn apertures have now been ground so that both sides match,
the area of grinding has been given a protective coat of bonder primer to protect the surfaces

A close up of one of the horn apertures

Inside the villa, the hornguides are being worked on. this involves a thorough cleaning and painting of the castings and forgings as can be seen in the pictures.

One of the assemblies waiting to be cleaned and painted

After cleaning and painting, in the company of brake hanger brackets, buffer beam plates and other items

As you can see, there is actually plenty of work going on to make sure that it will be possible to start to erect the frames towards the end of the year, with a view to having a rolling chassis next year.


This work can only continue with your support and donations, Thank you all for the donations you have made in the past and also for your continued support, and future donations.


We greatly value your support and interest in the restoration of the loco, and without your donations we could not continue the work we are doing. 

 

If you would like to help us with a donation, please go to our BT MyDonate page https://mydonate.bt.com/events/27

or use the QR code below.

 

If you would like to contact us please use the following address:

thefenchurchfund@gmail.com

Thank you for your continued support and interest, it is much appreciated.

The Project is entirely self funded and relies on your donations and sales stand purchases for the work to continue