Hired-in Class 10 shunter No. D3489 was at one end of a Bodmin Railway ‘Santa Special’ on December 8, which had Small Prairie No. 5552 at the other.
JON HIRD
BODMIN Steam Railway-based Class 37 No. 37142’s long-term overhaul has suffered a setback with the news that both sets of the steel tanks for its radiators are leaking through pinhole corrosion. The news means that the tanks will have to be removed for what the line has described as‘full-scale’repairs.
On a more positive note, the brake system on the locomotive is returning to health, having been charged up to 90psi, with some minor leaks successfully addressed. The boiler room and main roof sections have also been cleaned, repaired and repainted, while replacement gutters have been fabricated from scratch.