SIDELINES
ASSEMBLYofthe frames for the Churchward CountyTrust’s GWR ‘County’class 4-4-0 No.3840 CountyofMontgomery moved forward atTyseley Locomotive Works (TLW)during December with the fitting of the first frame stretchers.
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Eight horn guides, rescued from‘Barry10’ Large Prairie No. 4115, were fitted to the locomotive’s main frame plates in late November,allowing the plates to beturned upright and installed on stands,with tie-rods serving as temporary stretchers. The three frame stretchers were fabricated from platework previously cut by TATA Steel, and these were expectedtobe fitted at the time of writing