Milestones reached on steam loco projects
NG15‘Kalahari’ could steam in North Wales this year – while Gowrie takes shape.
RESTORATION of the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway’s ex- South African Railways Société Anglo-Franco-Belge (works No. 2684) NG15 ‘Kalahari’ 2-8-2 No. 134 advanced significantly in January. The boiler, which has been undergoing overhaul at Locomotive Maintenance Services in Loughborough, was delivered to Dinas on January 13. No. 134’s rolling chassis was hauled out of the shed and the boiler transferred from the delivery lorry to the loco’s frames, with a pause while the ashpan was bolted into position under the foundation ring.