News

News update May 2010

The boiler repair is now complete. The accompanying photos show the boiler outside the boiler shop for the first time in 6 years marking the end of a heavy repair mostly carried out by 2857 Society volunteers, closely supervised by the Severn Valley Railway's boiler shop foreman. Testing and certification will be carried out nearer to completion of the mechanical overhaul currently progressing well in the Bridgnorth workshops.

News update February 2010

The following photographs show the boiler on the 30th January 2010. The boiler repair is now substantially complete.



General view showing completed door plate patches. Note also the machined faces for the back head fittings.



The new copper tube plate with all of the small tubes and superheater flues fitted.



The throat plate



The smoke box tube plate.

News update Jan 2010

Two photos from Des Ainsworth of 2857's freshly painted tender, taken 10th January while it was briefly outside. Splendid!

Previous News

News from 2009

News from 2008

News from 2006

Website updates

10th Feb 2010
Boiler now complete.

8th Feb 2010
Boiler now substantially complete.

19th Jan 2010
Repainted tender.

2nd June 2009
Tender rewheeled.

28th April 2009
Loco parts updated

22nd April 2009
Loco overhaul update

26th Jan 2009
The tender overhaul starts and an update from the boilershop.

16th Dec 2008
The loco moves to Bridgnorth

17th Nov 2008
Further update from the boilershop

2nd Sept 2008
Further update from the boilershop

8th July 2008
Two new pages added covering the boiler overhaul in 2004 and 2005.

9th June 2008
Further update from the boilershop

6th June 2008
Update from the boilershop

26th March 2008
News update from the boilershop

6th February 2008
News update from the boilershop.

10th December 2007
News update from the boilershop.

25th October 2007
Further news update from the boilershop. Website number plate artwork updated.

13th September 2007
Further news update from the boilershop.

25th July 2007
Further news update from the boilershop.

8th March 2007
News update from the boilershop.

15th January 2007
Further news from the boilershop.

10th January 2007
News update from the boilershop.
News from 2006 moved.
Links page updated.

21st September
Links page updated

11th September
New Photo Gallery Added

25th August
News updated

17th July
News updated
Links updated

20th April 2006
2857 Society website launched