SIDELINES

Image tuition on the North York Moors

PHOTOGRAPHY courses have resumed at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Led by professional landscape photographer, author and teacher John Potter, the one-day workshops are designed for photographers of all abilities, and so are offered at a beginners and an intermediate level. The courses cost £125 per person, which includes train travel and refreshments. Book at www.nymr.co.uk/digitalphotography-workshops

‘D49’ progress

THE Scottish Railway Preservation Society continues to progress the overhaul of LNER ‘D49’ 4-4-0 Morayshire. The driving axle, both bogie wheelsets and the tender wheelsets have gone to South Devon Railway Engineering in Buckfastleigh to have the journals skimmed and polished. The driving crank pins also require attention on the quartering machine. The trailing drivers are in good condition, however. Donations can be made online at www. virginmoneygiving.com/ fund/246Morayshire

Collett coach returns

GWR third class compartment carriage No. 1086 has returned to traffic at the Severn Valley Railway after a heavy overhaul. The 1938-built Collett had not received major attention for nearly 20 years. “After such a time, we found pins and bushes needing replacement, a failed bearing and oil pad, pull rods needing chopping and rewelding, as well as the usual bits during wear and tear,” said fitter-machinist

Alan Brookes. “We also had to remove all the footsteps due to corrosion and descale them, repair and rivet them on. We found multiple vacuum leaks and had to resolve that during the process.”

‘Standard 5’ on course

THE intermediate overhaul of BR ‘5MT’ No. 73802 Camelot is making good progress, with the boiler tested and back in the frames, and contractor Heritage Painting having completed a touch-up and repaint as required. Mechanical work on the Bluebell Railway-based 4-6-0 is progressing at Sheffield Park. When it returns to service later in the summer, the Derby-built 4-6-0 will have a new boiler certificate with the potential for another 10 years’ use.