WELCOME BACK: LMS 4-6-2 No. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland operated a test run from the Midland Railway-Butterley to Tyseley via Sheffield on October 21. It is seen at Woodhouse on what was the loco’s first main line outing of 2021. The ‘Princess Coronation’
Pacific had been undergoing extensive repairs and maintenance at its West Shed home.
ALAN WEAVER
The overhaul of No. 71000 Duke of Gloucester to main line standard continues to progress at Tyseley Locomotive Works (TLW).
With the tyres having been fitted to Pacific’s wheels by Buckfastleigh-based South Devon Railway Engineering, it was anticipated that they would be dispatched to TLW by late October. TLW will then reprofile the tyres.
Also by the end of October, TLW was expected to have the piston heads reassembled along with fixing the slide bars to the cylinders.