LSWR ‘T3’ No. 563 takes shape at The Flour Mill on November 19. The tender is to be overhauled at Herston works.
NATHAN AU
A £25,000 appeal has been launched to help fund the restoration of the tender belonging to LSWR ‘T3’ 4-4-0 No. 563. Costing £50,000, the restoration of the tender will be undertaken in the Swanage Railway’s Herston engineering works. It is hoped to have the 4-4-0 back in action during 2023. The Swanage Railway Trust’s 563 Locomotive Group chairman Nathan Au said: “The last time that No. 563 hauled a train was in 1948, so for more than 70 years many thought they would never see a unique ‘T3’ work again.