GWSR Gala News

A big "thank you" to all the visitors to our display and sales stand at the recent gala.

It was good to talk to so many people and welcome some new members - we also got off to a good start with our fundraising for boiler stays, tubes and rivets.  We were able to give away a "piece of history" to many visitors with our supply of the old copper stays being exhausted by Monday afternoon

The photographic display attracted a great deal of interest and the articles we were able to show off illustrated the progress on manufacturing the parts needed and the extent of the work already completed on the boiler.

The boiler side sheets were a good talking point - as was the corrosion!

The selection of parts!  Internal motion, newly manufactured spring hanger bolts, cylinder covers, eccentric straps (made on site), buffer castings (newly machined)

Our friends from Dapol were on site with a stand in the marquee - they were able to show engineering samples of the forthcoming 00 scale model of 2874 and we can confirm they are going to be brilliant!

Our "Colour a Loco" sheets proved popular with our younger visitors - we have already had a completed one come back with a suggested livery for 2874 - though the traditionalists may not be keen!!