The bogie for steam locomotive No. 7027 “Thornbury Castle” has moved to Williton Works, on the West Somerset Railway (WSR), as the first component to be restored for the engine.
This follows on from the announcement that 7027 will receive its restoration to mainline standard at the WSR (full details of the announcement can be found here).
The parts which will form the bogie have been moved from Weston-super-Mere to Williton Works.
The task of overhauling the bogie for GWR Castle 7027 will be supervised by Ryan Pop, an engineer at Williton Works.
What next?
All parts will undergo cleaning before they can be overhauled and reassembled, where they will be transferred back to Weston-super-Mere for storage until used to form the rolling Chassis.
- Vist the Thornbury Castle website
For more information
There appears to be no thornbury castle website
It does look like it is out of action at the moment.
Castle School Thornbury has an original Name plate and Number plate for this Loco on the wall of the Theater