Section 7D.6B - 2020 (March)
MW2047 Restoration Progress - March
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Fitted bolts to secure new Bufferbeams
to frames being turned in the machine
shop at SVR Bewdley on Sunday
1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
First of many fitted bolts required
to secure new Bufferbeams to frames
partly formed at SVR Bewdley
on Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Internal view of old boiler showing
throatplate and barrel link stays
at SVR Bewdley on Sunday
1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Internal view of old boiler showing
throatplate and barrel link stays
at SVR Bewdley on Sunday
1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Internal view of old boiler showing
throatplate and barrel link stays
at SVR Bewdley on Sunday
1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Internal view of old boiler showing
throatplate and barrel link stays
at SVR Bewdley on Sunday
1st March 2020.
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Internal view of old boiler showing
barrel and throatplate link stays
at SVR Bewdley on Sunday
1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Internal view of old boiler showing
attachment of barrel and throatplate
stays to backhead of firebox at SVR
Bewdley on Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 0f 1926 'Warwickshire'
Internal view of old boiler showing
attachment of link stays to backhead
of firebox at SVR Bewdley on
Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Internal view of old boiler showing
attachment of link stays to backhead
of firebox at SVR Bewdley on
Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Internal view of old boiler showing
attachment of link stays to backhead
of firebox at SVR Bewdley on
Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Front view of old Boiler at SVR
Bewdley on Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Old boiler front tubeplate still attached
to smokebox at SVR Bewdley on
Sunday1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Rear view of old boiler and smokebox at
SVR Bewdley on Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Robin Jones preparing the locomotive to
be moved a couple of feet to give more
space to remove rear bufferbeam at SVR
Bewdley on Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
New front & rear bufferbeam profiles
prior to being unwrapped at SVR
Bewdley on Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Locomotive ready to be moved a few
feet to give more room to allow rear
bufferbeam to be removed at SVR
Bewdley on Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Locomotive after being moved a few feet
to allow rear bufferbeam to be removed at
SVR Bewdley on Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Locomotive after being moved a few feet
to allow rear bufferbeam to be removed at
SVR Bewdley on Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
New front & rear bufferbeam profiles
after being unwrapped at SVR
Bewdley on Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
New rear drawhook profile at SVR
Bewdley on Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Rear centre footplate being moved at
SVR Bewdley on Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Preperations in hand to give a second
coat of red oxide primer to rear inside
frames at SVR Bewdley on
Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Preperations in hand to give a second
coat of red oxide primer to rear inside
frames at SVR Bewdley on
Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Preperations being made ready to
remove old rear bufferbeam at SVR
Bewdley on Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Preperations being made ready to
remove old rear bufferbeam at SVR
Bewdley on Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
New front & rear bufferbeams after
being unwrapped and placed on
wooden battens at SVR Bewdley
on Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Rear frames back under cover due
to a shower of rain at SVR Bewdley
on Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Rear frames back under cover due
to a shower of rain at SVR Bewdley
on Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Rear LH inside frame after being given
a second coat of red oxide primer at SVR
Bewdley on Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Rear RH inside frame after being given
a second coat of red oxide primer at SVR
Bewdley on Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Rear RH inside frame after being given
a second coat of red oxide primer at SVR
Bewdley on Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Rear LH inside frame after a second
coat od red oxide primer had been
applied at SVR Bewdley on
Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
LH rear buffer with original bolts
replaced with temporary ones prior
removal of old bufferbeam at SVR
Bewdley on Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
RH rear buffer with original bolts
replaced with temporary ones prior
removal of old bufferbeam at SVR
Bewdley on Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
RH rear inside frame and brake gear
way shaft after being given a second
coat of red oxide primer paint at SVR
Bewdley on Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
LH rear inside frame and brake gear
way shaft after being given a second
coat of red oxide primer paint at SVR
Bewdley on Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
View of locomotive wrapped in
protective covers at SVR Bewdley
on Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Rear end of locomotive with
protective covers at SVR Bewdley
on Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Locomotive with protective tarpaulins
in place at SVR Bewdley on
Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Locomotive covered by protective
tarpaulins at SVR Bewdley on
Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Rear centre footplate removed from
locomotive ready to be derusted and
then painted with red oxide primer
at SVR Bewdley on 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Cabsides in the process of being
restored at SVR Bewdley on
Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
LH Cabside painted with red oxide
primer at SVR Bewdley on
Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Cabsides in the process of being
restored at SVR Bewdley on
Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Both cabsides in the process of
being restored at SVR Bewdley
on Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Both cabsides under protective
tarpaulin at SVR Bewdley on
Sunday 1st March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
New steel angle sections to be used
in conjunction with new bufferbeams
at SVR Bewdley on Sunday
15th March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Locomotive still under protective
tarpaulins prior to any restoration
work commencing at SVR Bewdley
on Sunday 15th March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
New bufferbeam profiles alongside
locomotive at SVR Bewdley on
Sunday 15th March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
New bufferbeam profiles after being
de-rusted but prior to being painted
with red oxide primer at SVR Bewdley
on Sunday 15th March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
New steel angle sections to be used to
strengthen bufferbeams in workshop at
SVR Bewdley on Sunday 15th March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
New steel angle sections for use with
bufferbeams in workshop at SVR
Bewdley on sunday 15th March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Robin Jones preparing to remove
remaining old paint from RH
Cabside at SVR Bewdley on
Sunday 15th March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
LH Cabside under temporary cover in
the process of being painted with
red oxide primer at SVR Bewdley
on Sunday 15th March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
New bufferbeam steel angles being
profiled in workshop at SVR Bewdley
on Sunday 15th 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
RH Cabside in the process of having
remaining old paint removed at SVR
Bewdley on Sunday 15th March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
LH Cabside after being painted with
red oxide primer at SVR Bewdley
on Sunday 15th 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
New Bufferbeams in process of being
painted with red oxide primer following
removal of surface rust at SVR Bewdley
on Sunday 15th March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
New Bufferbeams after being painted
with red oxide primer at SVR Bewdley
on Sunday 15th March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
New steel angles to be used with
bufferbeams after being profiled at
SVR Bewdley on Sunday 15th March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Andy Poole in the process of de-burring
new steel angle sections for use with
bufferbeams at SVR Bewdley
on Sunday 15th March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
New steel anglesfter being profiled
but prior to being de-burred at SVR
Bewdley on Sunday 15th March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Robin Jones in the process of removing
remaining old paint from RH cabside at
SVR Bewdley on Sunday 15th 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
RH Cabside in the process of being
painted with red oxide primer at SVR
Bewdley on Sunday 15th March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)
0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926 'Warwickshire'
Andy Poole in the process of de-burring
steel angle profiles which will be attached
to new bufferbeams at SVR Bewdley
on Sunday 15th March 2020.
(photo: David Cooke)