563 has been re-wheeled!
After reuniting the wheels with the frames we now have a rolling chassis and with this hugely significant milestone, the 563LG team now hopes to finish the restoration ahead of the summer season in 2023!Continue Reading
After reuniting the wheels with the frames we now have a rolling chassis and with this hugely significant milestone, the 563LG team now hopes to finish the restoration ahead of the summer season in 2023!Continue Reading
The restoration of LSWR T3 No 563 is rapidly moving forward. 563’s boiler could steam this year for the first time in over 70 years and the locomotive could be complete next year. Her tender needs to catch up! Will you help make it possible? Join the T3NDER Club today!Continue Reading
Don’t worry if you missed it, you can watch the our 563LG presentation at your leisure here!Continue Reading
Work on the overhaul of 563 is hotting up! Premier Patterns & Castings Ltd. and Boro Foundry have recently been heat treating the newly cast girder stays before they can be machined at the Flour Mill….Continue Reading
Some good news in difficult times – 563 is having it’s all new inner firebox assembled! The very heart of the T3 will be completed in due course along with lots of other exciting developments!Continue Reading
Significant boiler work and progress has been made with all parts now cleaned, painted and stored ready for refitting! Continue Reading
Boiler work has begun in earnest with precise surgery on 563s outer firebox!Continue Reading
On Saturday 18th of May, the Swanage Railway Trust authorised the return to steam of its unique LSWR T3 No.563. The locomotive was transferred to the Flour Mill workshop in the Forest of Dean in November 2017 and was subject to the most extensive strip down and investigation yet undertakenContinue Reading
The Flour Mill successfully extracts 563s inner firebox.Continue Reading
No.563 appears to be in a remarkable mechanical condition thanks to Eastleigh.Continue Reading