Shed47 Railway Restoration Group

Shed47 Railway Restoration Group Shed47 Railway Restoration Group is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation, SCIO, regulated

Good evening everyone how are we all doing today ?Still a bit cold up in our wee valley with some snow on the ground, ne...
12/01/2025

Good evening everyone how are we all doing today ?

Still a bit cold up in our wee valley with some snow on the ground, needless to say the fire was soon going to warm us up.

The woodwork team were busy today erecting some scaffolding to access the west side of the station building that needs some attention. It always getting battered with the weather and is starting to feel the effects.
Also the second tram door was glued and clamped and put to the side to dry. Meanwhile the first door was getting all trimmed to size and cleaned up.

In the museum the store room has been getting a clean out and tidied up.

The narrow gauge guys were working away on bridge walkway making sure all the clamps were tight and excess threads cleaned up. This is to ready it for hanging mesh panels as a safety precaution.

In the main shed No29s pipework was being cleaned up ready for paint. The watertank balance pipe is going to need a wee repair on a small split and the threads for the drain plug being cleaned up.

Right that's it for tonight short and sweet.
A couple of us actually left a bit early to check out a hobby company that has recently opened a shop in the area.
They have a great selection of 3D & resin printed accessories,tools,scenics and diecast to accompany any model layout or diorama.
Check them out at https://shedringhobbies.co.uk/

Another wee throw back in time, May 2019, the sun was shining and the the site was mobbed.good times...
11/01/2025

Another wee throw back in time, May 2019, the sun was shining and the the site was mobbed.
good times...

Good Evening all and welcome to the midweek update, Well for the first time in a long time the main workshop was not in ...
08/01/2025

Good Evening all and welcome to the midweek update,

Well for the first time in a long time the main workshop was not in use due to volunteer time off.

the woodwork shop was busy with the tram doors, the first of which has been extended to fit our purposes, we can only do 1 at a time dur to size of the sash clamps we have, so second door will be done once this one sets.

The narrow gauge team concentrated their efforts on clearing out the ash pit, this was historically used for the sites steam pugs to drop their fires at the end of a shift, not sure if any artifacts of interest were found lurking in the infill but we will be sure to report back if there were.

And that folks is your lot for tonight,

See you all Sunday for the next one.

Cheers, The Shed 47 Team.

Good afternoon folks, a very quick update today as i was only on site for a short time,I will let the pics tell the stor...
05/01/2025

Good afternoon folks, a very quick update today as i was only on site for a short time,

I will let the pics tell the story,

Cheers, The Shed 47 Team.

Couple of pics just in from the NG crew.
29/12/2024

Couple of pics just in from the NG crew.

Hello and festive greetings to you all. Hope you had a great Xmas and looking forward to the start of 2025. Only a handf...
29/12/2024

Hello and festive greetings to you all.
Hope you had a great Xmas and looking forward to the start of 2025.

Only a handful of us in today but we managed a bit of progress on a couple of jobs.

The narrow gauge guys were busy clearing a spot for the turntable then attention turned to the old standard gauge ash pit that was used back during operational days of the site.
The mini digger is making short work of loading it onto a flat wagon to be taken away and dumped. This will be modified to carry narrow gauge track over it to make it easier to clean out Big Dave.

A bit of tidying up in the museum storage room and a couple of donations passed over to us through the bus museum guys.
A mile marker,lamp and linesman telephones.

In the shed the linkage for No29s drain valves were fitted. A bit of black paint was applied then the remaining front step and stay was refitted.

A previous donation of an abrasive cut off saw saw a moulded two pin plug cut off and refitted with a UK plug. It was then found out the trigger is not working so a replacement will be sourced and refitted.

Right that's it for 2024. Hope you all have a good one when it rolls in and we shall see you all soon.

Cheers the shed47 team πŸ‘πŸ»

A bit later than usual this year, its time again for "what if Shed47 was a trainset" 2024. This year is Busy Shunters, f...
23/12/2024

A bit later than usual this year, its time again for "what if Shed47 was a trainset" 2024. This year is Busy Shunters, featuring our wee Ruston for the first time. Happy Christmas from the Shed47 Team!

Good evening everyone hope you've all been well. An absolutely Baltic wind on site today so we didn't hang around as lon...
22/12/2024

Good evening everyone hope you've all been well.

An absolutely Baltic wind on site today so we didn't hang around as long as usual today.

Obviously we had to get the burner on the go which proved quite popular today 🀣

With the boiler no down in Englandshire we could start clearing the second road into the shed.

The JCB was brought out to move the sticks that were used for the cradle. These were dumped away in storage for the time being.
Hopefully by the time the boiler comes back it'll be getting dropped straight into the frames.

The scaffold tower was taken down and stored as was the one that was over on the narrow gauge line.

The Fowler exhaust was stood up and lifted onto a pallet to the side. There is just a couple of bits of metal to be cleared to use the road again.

Work on No29 in the shed continues with the selector lever and connecting arm being reinstalled after fishing the bits out of the banana van.
The second sand box was brought in from outside ready to be sanded back down to metal for repainting.

In the woodshop the door extensions for the bogey wagon were being constructed using glue and biscuit joiner to fit the rails to the styles.
And a bit of trimming with the plane.

The flat wagon sitting in the station at the moment got a quick pressure wash on Saturday also.

Right that's nearly us for this year. One more Sunday update to go and we start all over again.
Have a great time over Christmas πŸŽ„πŸŽ and we'll see you in a week.

Cheers the shed47 team πŸ‘πŸ»

Good evening shed fans, Another productive day on site, i wasn't there today so i shall let the pictures do the talking....
18/12/2024

Good evening shed fans,

Another productive day on site, i wasn't there today so i shall let the pictures do the talking. plenty going on as usual though,

And we got word that the boiler has arrived safe and sound in lincoln so thanks again to all who have given so far and please remeber the crowdfunder is still open which will help us replace the missing pipework etc we need to complete the project and see No29 back in steam.

https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/loco29?utm_medium=CA&utm_source=CL

see you all on Sunday for the next update.

Cheers, The Shed 47 Team.

Good evening everybody, extra update time!As a result of the donations received so far towards the No29 funding campaign...
17/12/2024

Good evening everybody, extra update time!
As a result of the donations received so far towards the No29 funding campaign, we have been able to send its boiler away to Lincoln for the necessary work to replace some of the rivets & stays to commence. The transport arrived today and made quick work of loading the boiler and other parts to begin what is probably the longest journey it will have ever made.
It should be back with us early in 2025 for the re-assembly of the loco to begin.
A very very big thank you to all who have donated so far, you have made this possible!
There is still a lot to do when the boiler arrives back, and our crowdfunder remains open for donations towards the reassembly costs.

Thank you all from the Shed47 team!

https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/loco29

Good evening everyone how have we all been this week ?Not many of us on site today but things are still progressing. As ...
15/12/2024

Good evening everyone how have we all been this week ?

Not many of us on site today but things are still progressing.

As always the first thing to do is get some heat into the shed so the old burner was brought into life.

Things were happening on the McLaren engine but I forgot to ask what had been done. Maybe Jum will fill us in.

Narrow gauge guys got their turntable moved from the east yard and moved along to where the old fire pit is of the storage extension.

Got the 7ΒΌ HST going today and had a wee play on it. A couple of minor alterations needing to be done to the drive belt,but it ran really smoothly on the track we have laid out on idle speed.
Also some roofing sheets were brought along from the west yard to clad the temporary shelter,this will be started next week.

A bit more primer work on the tram bodied wagon where some woodwork has been removed.

We had a wee visitor to the shed today. If you can spot him in the pics leave a reaction on the picture.

And lastly we had another post donation towards the crowdfunder we currently have underway for No29s boiler refurbishment.

Hopefully going to plan it should be heading down south later next week for the work to begin soon.
https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/loco29?utm_medium=CA&utm_source=CL

Well that's it for tonight ,we only have two more official updates before Xmas then another one before New year.

Good evening all,A very frosty update this evening and an early finish for the guys as the site was just to cold.I shall...
11/12/2024

Good evening all,

A very frosty update this evening and an early finish for the guys as the site was just to cold.

I shall let the picture tell the story, Enjoy....

Cheers, The Shed 47 Team.

09/12/2024

Wee short video from Sunday

Good evening all. Well it looks like we got off lightly with the storm over the weekend compared to other places. Quite ...
08/12/2024

Good evening all.
Well it looks like we got off lightly with the storm over the weekend compared to other places.
Quite a cold breeze blowing today though.

First up as usual the burner was lit up and was nice and dry in the shed today.

Staying in the shed it turns out the Xmas tree valve looks like it has a bent shaft so no matter how much valve lapping we do it was never gonna sit right. So in true coal board style we adapted what we have to fit. A new gate valve was fitted and everything is now air tight.

Over in the barn work on the McLaren engine engine continues,all the rocker lids were fastened down. The hand pump has been fitted,the starter has been removed again for access to the side panels so the whole block can get a good flushing out.

Narrow gauge work. Another couple of rails and sleepers have been laid on the shed storage road and then bolted down.

Woodwork guys were busy processing more firewood and a wee bit of work on the bogey wagon before we had a wee shunt to clear the road for the truck coming in to lift the boiler for its journey south.

Work started on a shelter for the 7ΒΌ HST with some wood for the frame. It is now ready to be clad with metal roofing sheet that we have plenty of lying around to spare.

And finally we received a nice piece of history from the Glasgow transport museum in the form of an old station lamp that used to occupy one of the stations that was on the old 'Edinburgh and Northern Railway.

Cheers the shed47 team πŸ‘πŸ»

Ok folks here we go again. 2 x new stop button blocks for tram body and a bit of patch work. Window horns cut off and re...
04/12/2024

Ok folks here we go again.
2 x new stop button blocks for tram body and a bit of patch work. Window horns cut off and resealed.
Henry installed an extension cable box for NG genny.
Jan & Davey fitting bracing to the carriage shelter.

The two Jim's working on the McLaren engine pipe work and the starter motor eventually fitted.

Main shed,Andy and Norrie still trying to get valve to seal on Xmas tree. That's about it really πŸ˜‰

Cheers the shed47 team πŸ‘πŸ»

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