The overhaul of SECR H-class No. 263 started late last year. It is planned that it should receive a rapid turn-around in view of the generally good condition of the boiler, and recent significant mechanical work. It does require new crown girders and tubes, new tyres and new springs. It is also expected that we will need to fit a new cylinder block.
The work is to be funded in part thanks to a bequest left by Ray Tanner specifically for work on this locomotive.
A new web page has been created to cover reports of the work on the locomotive as it progresses.
Photograph by Steve Lee, 15 June 2019.
