Wadebridge undergoing restoration
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Pictures of the locomotive in SR/BR service are here
Pictures of the locomotive in preservation are here
Pictures of the locomotive being restored 2022 are here

En route to Plymouth
Photos © Bernard Mills

En route to Plymouth
Photos © Bernard Mills

En route to Plymouth
Photo © A McGlasham

At Marsh Mills
Photos © Keith Miller

Arrival
Photos © Keith Miller

Arrival
Photo © Bernard Mills

Welcome
Photo © Bernard Mills

In Alfred Bell's siding
Photo © Bernard Mills

In Alfred Bell's siding
Photo © Bernard Mills

On site of Lee Moor Tramway
Photo © Bernard Mills

Wadebridge Hill
Photo © Bernard Mills

First Tow
Photo © Bernard Mills

Second Tow
Photo © Bernard Mills

At the Top,
Photo © Bernard Mills

PVR at Last!
Photo © Bernard Mills

Working on Casing Hoops
Photo © Jim Porter

Boiler and Smokebox,
Photo © Jim Porter

Boiler and Smokebox
Photo © Gareth Hawkes

Boiler and Smokebox
Photo © Dave Williams

Unloading the driving wheels
Photo © Dave Williams

Getting the front bogie
out of the shed
Photo © Dave Williams

More pictures of the
bogie at Swanage
Photo © Peter D Pickering

More pictures of the
bogie at Swanage
Photo © Peter D Pickering

Pony wheel and axlebox
Photo © Peter D Pickering

Boring axlebox
Photo © Peter D Pickering

Driving box being bored
Photo © Peter D Pickering

White metalled axlebox
Photo © Peter D Pickering

Driving axlebox after
white metalling
Photo © Peter D Pickering

Aligning bar in place
in horn gaps
Photo © Peter D Pickering

Machining Injectors
Photo © Peter D Pickering

Machining Injectors
Photo © Peter D Pickering

Machining Injectors
Photo © Peter D Pickering

Rear view of lefthand cylinder
Photo © Dave Williams

Brake hangers and cab
Photo © Dave Williams

The smokebox before
painting
Photo © Dave Williams

Bill Baker painting inside
the smokebox
Photo © Dave Williams

Inside the shed at
Bodmin General
Photo © Dave Williams

Inside the shed at
Bodmin General
Photo © Dave Williams

Rear view of lefthand cylinder
Photo © Dave Williams

Cylinder lube pipework
Photo © Dave Williams

Repairs to front Tube Plate
nearly finished
Photo © Oliver Furnell

The regulator valve
stripped of its internals
Photo © Oliver Furnell

The regulator valve piston is cleaned.
Photo © Oliver Furnell

The regulator valve piston is cleaned.
Photo © Oliver Furnell

The regulator valve piston is cleaned.
Photo © Oliver Furnell

The regulator valve piston is cleaned.
Photo © Oliver Furnell

The completed valve, firstly
in the shut position, then
in the fully open position.
Photo © Oliver Furnell

The linkage comes together
on the boiler backhead.
Photo © Oliver Furnell

32 Flue tubes, cut to length,
awaiting annealing
before fitting inside the boiler.
Photo © Oliver Furnell

A batch of tubes await
fitting, cleaned and free of
rust or grease/oil.
Photo © Oliver Furnell

The bottom nest of smoke
(or small) tubes start
to go into the boiler.
Photo © Oliver Furnell

The tubes going into the boiler.
Photo © Oliver Furnell

The tubes going into the boiler.
Photo © Oliver Furnell

The tubes going into the boiler.
Photo © Oliver Furnell

Close up after the tubes have
been expanded in the firebox
before beading the ends and
welding them.
Photo © Oliver Furnell

Now it's the turn of those in
the smokebox. This shows the
bottom two rows after expanding.
Photo © Oliver Furnell

The boiler and firebox are
craned off the transporter
at Bodmin General.
Photo © Dave Mitchell

View of firebox from underneath
Photo © Dave Mitchell

Boiler testing took place 8,
9 and 10 November.
Photo © Dave Mitchell

Steam, steam, glorious steam!
Photo © Dave Mitchell

Last chance for working
Photo © Dave Williams

Now the boiler and firebox are
suspended over the frames.
Photo © Syd Carroll

Nearly in.
Photo © Syd Carroll

Almost there.
Photo © Syd Carroll

Last few inches to go.
Photo © Syd Carroll

Now the cab is on.
Photo © Syd Carroll

Ready to be put away.
Photo © Syd Carroll

Some help for the Beattie.
Photo © Syd Carroll

Hard work for a little engine.
Photo © Syd Carroll

The Cab
Photo © Dave Williams

The Tender Tank arrives!
Photo © Dave Williams

The Tender Tank arrives!
Photo © Keith Searle

The skeletal framework for the
air smoothed casing.
Photo © Dave Williams

The skeletal framework for the
air smoothed casing.
Photo © Dave Williams

A
real spamcan?
Photo © Dave Williams

At last - starting to look
like a "flat top"!
Photo © Colin Coomber

At last - starting to look
like a "flat top"!
Photo © Colin Coomber

Just some of the copper piping.
Photo © John Butcher

The three-throw crank and chain
Photo © John Butcher

The three-throw crank and chain
Photo © John Butcher

RH side of cab and truck
Photo © John Butcher

Sump valve gear
Photo © Dave Williams

Reverser gear
Photo © Dave Williams

Working on the footplate
Photo © Colin Coomber

Heating the vacuum
ejector steam pipe
Photo © Colin Coomber

Bulleid's "igloo"
Photo © Colin Coomber

The connecting rods are fitted
Photo © Colin Coomber
The Steam Test - 30 August 2006

In light steam
Photo © Peter Richards

Gauge glass
Photo © Peter Richards

Firebox
Photo © Peter Richards

Pressure rising
Photo © Peter Richards

Smoke
Photo © Peter Richards

Steam
Photo © Peter Richards

Steam chest pressure
Photo © Peter Richards

Two Southern ladies
Photo © Peter Richards

Outside the shed
Photo © Peter Richards

Steam cock
Photo © Peter Richards

Almost there
Photo © Peter Richards

Thar she blows!
Photo © Peter Richards
Pictures of the locomotive in SR/BR service are here
Pictures of the locomotive in preservation are here
Pictures of the locomotive being restored 2022 are here