Bury Standard 4 Group - Restoring 80097 and 46428
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13th November, 2023
Ivatt loco 46428 Our workshop team have been settling into the autumn weather, even had to put the heating on (!) and progress continues on our Ivatt loco 46428. The new cab is almost complete and has been (mostly) rivetted…
3rd October, 2023
Work continues at a steady pace on our Ivatt loco 46428. The new cab has been rivetted together and is being primed. Newly cast brake hanger mounting brackets are being machined. The boiler is being cleaned up and the top feed housing…
21st September, 2023
TO all Shareholders of the Bury Steam locomotive Company Limited: The Annual General Meeting of the Bury Steam Locomotive Company Limited will be held on Wednesday 25th October 2023, 7.30pm at the ELRPS (East Lancs. Railway Preservation Society) conference room in Baron Street, Bury,…
22nd August, 2023
Standard 4 Tank Loco 80097 After much delay the new large flue tubes for 80097, which were due in March, finally arrived in May. Our Boiler Inspector then required the welds on them to be tested, so 10% were sent away and passed…
24th January, 2023
More Ivatt Progress A new year and our workshop team, who have been working with our ELR workshop colleagues on removing the flue tubes on 80097, are back working on our Ivatt restoration. An assembly frame has been built for the new…
15th January, 2023
Our workshop team, working with ELR engineering staff, have now removed all the condemned large boiler tubes (flues) after previously removing the main steam pipes, gauges and other necessary parts. The new pipes are expected to be delivered to us in February and the…
4th January, 2023
Bury Standard 4 Group Shop Our Shop Team would like to wish all our Members, Customers and Donors a Happy New Year. As the East Lancashire Railway will not be running any trains until early March, it has been decided that our…
6th December, 2022
Steam Loco 80097 Nigel and our workshop team have removed steam pipes and other necessary parts in preparation for the large flue pipes to be taken out. The new pipes are expected to be delivered to us in February. 80097 is currently in…
29th October, 2022
The Bury Standard 4 Group is devastated to announce that their Standard 4 mt loco, 80097, failed last weekend with a blown large boiler tube. This is following the replacement of all the 157 small boiler tubes, which had to be replaced following failures…
20th October, 2022
Steam Loco 80097 Our loco 80097 headed a memorial train on Wednesday 14th September. She carried a wreath, designed by the Bury Standard 4 Group, in memory of our Queen Elizabeth II and also of our late workshop colleague Gary Marland, whose…
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