Restoration update
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WSRA Standard 4 80064 Chassis Restoration Update
Connecting and coupling rods removed today. Quite a few of the bearing brasses are loose in their rods. Most of the air brake system is now removed. Injector delivery pipes,…
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WSRA Standard 4 80064 Boiler Restoration Update
Work is progressing on 80064’s boiler at Rileys in Lancashire. The picture shows boiler with the front tube plate removed. The original British Railways era steel front tube plate as…
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80064 Chassis moved to Cranmore
In another important step forwards for the West Somerset Railway Association’s locomotive restoration programme, the chassis for BR Standard 4 loco 80064 has today been sent from the WSR to…
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Standard 4 80064 update
An update from WSRA runner Reece who is running the 2026 London Marathon on behalf of the WSRA and the 80064 Restoration Fund in particular. I hit a massive milestone…
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80064 BOILER ARRIVES SAFELY AT RILEYS
80064’S boiler arrived safely at Rileys in Lancashire on Tuesday February 10th. First published on the WSRA website.
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80064 BOILER GOES TO LANCASHIRE
Monday February 9th saw another step forward with the restoration of B.R. Standard 4MT 2-6-4T when the boiler left a muddy yard at Williton for work to be carried out…
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Flue tubes are out
It’s the first week of March and the flue tubes have now been removed to allow the engineering inspection to undertake a thorough internal examination which will inform the scope…
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The Smoke box is out
It’s the first week of February and the Smoke Box is now out and Joseph Rogers is in serious training for the London Marathon to fundraise for 80064. WSRA supporter…
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The big boiler lift
The work has progressed to the point where we need to lift the boiler out to examine it and see what’s needed. So on the 28th November the big crane…