AN ONGOING project to restore lost fixtures and fittings to sole-surviving Peckett 'Yorktown' 0-4-0ST Teddy (2012/1941) has been boosted by a £1500 grant from the National Transport Trust (NTT). The project was selected to receive the NTT's Alan Moore Award for 2021; the money being used to return the 80-year-old locomotive to as close to original 'as built' condition as possible, as part of its impending 10-yearly overhaul at the Chasewater Railway.
The project will see a number of lost and/or missing original features restored to the loco such as the original cab sand pots and equipment, and four genuine Peckett buffers of the correct pattern to replace the ex-brakevan ones it currently carries. Pipework will also be rerouted back to its original position, returning the whistle to the cab roof and the injector overflow further forward from under the cab.
One of the most notable changes will be the addition ofa full height cab back sheet complete with 'lift up; circular brass spectacle frames. These will be cast new unless an original pair can be obtained. Work on restoring the various fittings is already underway, with the loco expected to take its place in the Chasewater workshops during the early summer.