IN BRIEF

5550: A member of the T1 Trust has acquired an original marker light from scrapped Pennsylvania Railroad ‘T1’ 4-4-4-4 No. 5543.

61673: The B17 Steam Locomotive Trust has funded the second

6ft 8in driving wheel for Spirit of Sandringham, and the first four spokes of the third wheel have been sponsored at £500 each (see also SR474). The group is also ordering tender spring hooks, piggybacking on a Network Rail batch order for its snowploughs (SR485).

72010: Assembly of the frames for ‘Clan’ Hengist has commenced at CTL Seal Ltd of Sheffield.

82045: The tanks for the BR ‘3MT’ have been delivered from the Welsh Highland Railway’s Dinas Works to the locomotive’s construction base at the Severn Valley Railway. A place for the new-build Riddles 2-6-2T will open up in Bridgnorth works once Manning Wardle 0-6-0ST ‘Warwickshire’ is re-wheeled and moved to Bewdley for its restoration to continue.