UPDATE MARCH 2025
Work has moved forward with 47401's ongoing overhaul, with both sides of the cooler group now fully boxed in and most of the original bracketry transferred over.


Above: Cooler group A side.

A number of our volunteers had been occupied over the winter period whilst helping our host railway with it's services, however work has resumed to progress the tasks on the cooler group, radiator headers and auxiliary room refurbishment.

Sections of the radiator headers have been taken to enable new folded parts to be manufactured in the coming weeks. Opportunity was also taken to have the triple pump overhauled whilst it was so easily reachable.

A lot of the fabrication efforts on the cooler group have now turned to the smaller, more intricate details as we look to repair the remaining corrosion damage. Care is being taken to preserve as much original metal as practicable.


Above (L to R): Feed/return apertures for the radiator headers undergoing refurbishment, and the cooler group number one end lip post corrosion repairs.


Above (L): Balance pipe access had to be cut out to enable extraction of the headers as the pipes had siezed in place. The original cut out has been carefully preserved and welded back into place for an invisible repair. Above (R): Old vs new cooler group sump sections showing the deterioration of the old metal after 60 years of service.