The Stanier Mogul Fund has sent over a small update on the work going on behind the scenes whilst the Severn Valley Railway has been blocked at Mor Brook.

The last few months have been spent completing the usual winter maintenance and replacing the hopper-type ashpan with a rake out type.

The fund says that the hopper one was problematic due to warping, which was caused by excess heat from the hot ash and this caused it to jam.

The locomotive has now been moved by road to Kidderminster and is set to work its first train on the 20th June, hauling the 10:00am from Kidderminster during the SVR Supporters Day, when no public service is running.

The Stanier Mogul Fund also say that it is planned that the locomotive will move by rail in late July to Derby to attend The Greatest Gathering.