THE boiler for No. 1014 County of Glamorgan is due to return to the Didcot Railway Centre in June 2022. Volunteers from the Great Western Society discussed the next steps on the boiler for the re-creation of the Hawksworth 4-6-0 with staff from contractor HBSS on November 22.
The boiler is due to be in a condition to be shipped to Didcot where it will be trial fitted to No. 1014. This will include attaching the smokebox to ensure that everything is correctly lined up. The boiler will be piped up before returning to the Liverpool premises of HBSS for completion and an informal hydraulic test. It will be formally tested on its permanent return to Didcot.