News
Restoration updates, fundraising news and announcements about 80064.
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WSRA Standard 4 80064 Chassis Restoration Update 1 – June 2026
Pictures and words: Steve Masters. During the last week more stripping on the frames has taken place. All of the sanding pipe work has been removed along with the majority…
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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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Medals for WSRA Fund Raisers
London Marathon Success for Team WSRA We are delighted to share the fantastic achievement of our two WSRA entrants in this year’s London Marathon, Joe Rogers pictured right and Reece…
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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…