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Fleet Update - Posted 24/07/08 47105 - Serviceable.
Has received attention to a defective radiator element. Boiler has
passed its ultrasonic exam. A 'cold' test is in the process of being
arranged. Brush Type 4 Fund Members Day Update : 1st August 2008 - Posted 24/07/08
On Friday 1st August the BT4F is
holding a Members Day at the GWR, Toddington, using 47105 and 47701
'Waverley'. There are 7 return trips to Cheltenham Racecourse on offer, with
the 2 locos working alternate services. The last train of the day will be
worked by both machines. Click HERE Fleet Status - Posted 23/06/08 47105 - Work continues on the boiler compartment cleaner while the boiler is on the ground. The boiler itself has had all of the protective cladding removed and is ready for inspection. The loco is serviceable for the upcoming gala and August BT4F members day. 47295 - Shortly to leave the BT4F stable after 5 years of storage at Ashchurch MOD site. The loco was primarily purchased as a spares loco for 47376 but plans were mooted for a return to service. However the cost of a new engine and bogies was too restrictive and the loco has been sold to Harry Needle. 47376 - Engine repairs are in progress, the liners, heads and pistons from one side of the engine have been removed and cleaned ready for refitting. Work has taken a back seat to the other locos. 47746 - The loco's return to service continues after the initial startup on 10th June. During this startup a faulty contactor was identified which has been rectified. Brush Type 4 Fund Members Day - 1st August 2008 - Posted 05/06/08 The Brush Type 4 Fund will hold a members day on 1st August at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway. 7 trips are planned with duties shared between 47105 and 47701 which has kindly been allowed to attend the GWR by the owner Tracy Lear. Trips will start at 0945, real ale and an on train buffet will be provided along with sales stands. There will be a lunchtime break during which the BT4F AGM will be held. Non members are welcome to come along and enjoy the day. Diesel Gala TimeTable - 4th to 6th July The timetable for the diesel gala is HERE 47746 Progress - Posted 12/5/08 A working party was at Long Marston on the 8th and 9th May to continue work on 47746. Along side a re-brush of the generator several contacts were cleaned and checked. Tests were carried out on the air and coolant systems and both found to be free from leaks. An initial attempt to charge the batteries proved fruitless but after changing to the alternative charging socket it was found that batteries did take a charge enabling the engine room, cab and headlights to be illuminated. As the loco does not have any fuel in the tanks a start was not contemplated but with all being well this should not be too far off.
47376 out of service furno - posted 2/4/08
47376 went on a test run
on Sunday, during this steam was filling the engine compartment. On
closer inspection water was found in the head on piston B4. Our CM&EE
has carried out a further inspection today and found that liners B4
and B5 are now leaking.
As a result '376 will not
be present at the diesel gala, we have now opted to carry out a
replacement of the rings on the 8 cylinder liners we hadn't so far
replaced. This means the loco will be out of service for the
foreseeable future as our priority for the coming months will be the
boiler on 47105.
April Gala Timetable - Posted 25/3/08 The timetable for the April diesel gala is here in PDF format 47376 returns to life - Posted 05/02/08 47376 was successfully started on the afternoon of the 4th March after spending a year out of service after the discovery of leaking cylinder liners within the engine. The loco last worked on the 17th March 2007 on the 1130 and 1415 Toddington - Cheltenham services after 47105 would not start. A few minor faults were found after the startup but these will only need remedial attention meaning the loco will be fit to work at the upcoming diesel gala on the 4th to 6th April. The loco has had a considerable amount of man hours spent on it and thanks go to the team who spent the time working to restore the loco to running order, with many cold wet days spent at Toddington and Ashchurch. Special thanks as always to the CM&EE of the Fund for his tireless dedication to the '376 and 105. 47105 is currently working on the green GWR timetable allowing 57 miles of steam heat Brush action on the weekends in March. The loco has recently received a new set of batteries to improve the reliability. 47376 on the road to recovery - Posted 21/2/08 Work continues to repair 47376, this past week has seen the reinstatement of the B2 cylinder liner and piston, following this work continued to install the head and the coolant pipes. With all being well the engine should be filled with water to test for internal water features in the next two weeks with a startup not long after. 8 Months later.... Posted 7/11/07 47746 made the move from Crewe Electric depot to Long Marston on 2nd November, the loco then stayed overnight at LM on the low loader before unloading on Saturday 3rd November and officially entering preservation. The best laid plans.... Posted 23/10/07 The proposed move of 47746 to Long Marston has been postponed until Friday 26th October as we've been told that there are track works in progress on the unloading road which will prevent the loco from entering the complex. As before, times when know. Fleet News - Posted 22/10/07 47105 - The cold test on the boiler was carried out last week which it passed. The boiler will now be reassembled in preparation for the running test. 47105 will not be working the 1615 Todd - CRC on Wednesday 24th October due to a lack of crew traction knowledge. 47105 will be working at the November diesel gala, a timetable is HERE. 47105 will then be in action on the 1615 off Todd on 10/11/18/24/25 November. 47376 - After spending the summer out of action the last few weeks have seen the refitting of the pistons and heads, then the exhaust and coolant pipes. Unfortunately after all of this it was found that there is a problem which is most likely associated to the B1 liner. At the same time a small fault was found with B2's head so the views of the working members were sought with regards to a next step. It was agreed that the heads would be taken of pistons B1 and B2 with the liner from B1 having to be removed again, this means that 47376 will be out of action for the rest of the year and the loco will not take part in the November gala or Christmas diesel day. 47746 - Road transport has been arranged for 47746 to move to Long Marston on Wednesday 24th October. After the loco's long stay at Crewe, EWS have requested that the loco be removed from Crewe Electric ASAP. The low loader that is being used to provide 47759's last trip to the scrapman will then make its way to Crewe for 47746. Times for the move currently not available, if you would like the timings when they are available please email the webmaster. 47746 move scheduled - Posted 7/9/07 EWS have scheduled the move of 47746 along with 47736 and 47759 to Crewe Electric depot for Monday 10th Sept, the crew are expected on site around 0900. Indications are that an extra loco will be added to the consist. Once at Crewe Electric arrangements will be made for the onward journey of 47746 to move to Long Marston and officially into preservation. We'll keep you posted! Fleet news - Posted 08/08/07 47105 re-entered service on the 31st July working the 1615 Todd-CRC and return vice 20137, this was the day that the railway started running trains again after the extensive flooding in Gloucestershire. The loco repeated this working on the 1st August. The loco had the fuel pumps and injectors replaced as well as an oil change. 47376 remains ensconced in the Dowty steam shed at Toddington. The loco cannot be removed until mid August as the adjacent line out of the shed has been removed for the installation of an inspection pit leaving a large hole. As a result the line is not safe to move a 100+ tonne loco over. 47746 is imminently due to be moved from Crewe DMD to Crewe Electric depot. The loco will be towed along with the other remaining CD stalwarts and some 37s to await onwards movement. More details of the move will follow in the coming days. 47105 Maintenance - Posted 17/07/07 47105 will not be working the booked turns on 18/19/24/25th July as the loco is still out of service for some routine maintenance. A 37 from GWR fleet will deputise. 47376 Repairs latest - Posted 06/07/07 A major step forward in the repairs to 47376 took place on Saturday 30th June. 4 Pistons, cylinder heads and liners were retrieved from 47295's engine and transported to Toddington. Of these the piston in best condition will be used to replace the faulty one removed from '376 in April. Photos of the lift are here 47295 Engine pictures - Posted 28/5/07 The past weekend has seen a lot of progress made in the recovery of pistons from the engine in 47295 (ex 47376). The engine was a write off as a result of a catastrophic failure whilst the loco was at the head of the 20.27 Leeds - Southampton freightliner on 8th June 2001. One of the pistons dropped into the sump of the engine causing severe damage. Pictures of the damage can now be viewed here Loco Report & Gala Timetable - Posted 14/5/07 47105 is currently having work done on its fuel pumps and injectors and once this is completed will need an oil change. The loco has two rostered turns at the end of May and is then in service for the diesel gala in June. 47295. A start has been made to recover a piston from the defective engine in 47295 which will be fitted to 47376 to replace the defective A1 piston. Good progress was made over the past weekend removing coolant and exhaust pipes. 47376 remains out of service awaiting a replacement piston. 47746 still languishes at Crewe Diesel depot. The loco has been blocked in the shed by partly scrapped 37s, work has been continuing in recent weeks to finish off the 37s which will remove any obstructions. The next diesel gala to be held on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway will be over the weekend of 15th to 17th June 2007. A timetable is here. Unfortunately the gala clashes with both the Keighley and Worth Valley gala and West Somerset Mixed Traction Weekend which should see 47237 and D1661 (47840) working. 47105/47376 Report - Posted 25/4/07 Work has continued apace on the removal of the pistons in '376s engine to allow replacement of the cylinder liners which were found to be leaking. The work commenced over the weekend of the Spring Diesel gala with removal of exhaust & coolant pipes plus air manifolds, work then turned to the rocker gear and cylinder heads. On the 21st April pistons A1, A2 and B1 were removed with the aid of a clever tool on loan from the Cotswold Mainline Diesel Group. A surprise was in order as A1 is damaged so will not be refitted to the engine, A2 and B1 seem in good order and will be cleaned up for re-use. On 22nd April the offending liners were also removed from the engine. 47105 worked over all three days of the Spring diesel gala, the loco had a minor problem on the Sunday of the gala, the source of which was found to be a fault between the drivers chair and the drivers desk. After a time on charge the loco was out again only missing one train for which a 37 deputised. 47105's next outing is 28th/29th April working shuttles between Cheltenham and Winchcombe for the Thomas & Friends weekend at the GWR. 47376 Out of Service - N/111 / 47105 Update Posted 27/3/07 47376 has been stopped due to leaking cylinder liners in the engine and will not take part in the Spring diesel gala. '376 experienced problems on 17th March after the loco was called into service following 47105's failure to start. 47376 worked the 1130 service with no problems but shortly before departure on the 1415 service it was noticed that a large amount of oil was leaking from under the engine and spraying into the engine room. 376 worked the 1415 trip then returned to shed where 105 was resuscitated. The fault on '376 was found to be a blocker breather on the engine which allows gas to disperse from within the engine itself. Repairs were carried out this past weekend but on reassembling the loco two leaking liners were found. 47376 has therefore been withdrawn from service for the foreseeable future to effect repairs. 47105 failed to start on the 10th March for the 1130 trip (the loco's only trip of the day) resulting in a 37 deputising. The batteries on the loco were inspected on 11th March and found to be ok and the loco started without incident. The same problem occurred during the day on 16th March whilst '105 was working Race specials for the Cheltenham Gold Cup, the loco was shut down after the morning run to the racecourse but failed to start in the afternoon requiring the loco being dragged onto shed for a battery charge from which it started. On Saturday 17th '105 once again failed to start necessitating the use of 47376 but after charging worked the 1635 trip. 105 received battery cells from 47376 and started without charging so hopefully the problem is resolved and the loco will feature in the spring diesel gala as booked. Spring Gala Timetable - Posted 27/3/07 The REVISED timetable for the GWR Spring diesel gala is available HERE 47746 becomes 4th Brush Type 4 Fund loco - Posted 27/2/07 On Friday 23rd February the Brush Type 4 Fund was informed that the bid for 47746 had been successful, making '746 the Fund's 4th preserved Class 47. The former 47605, 47160 and D1754 was stopped as a running loco in December 2003 and has spent the time since stored at Crewe Diesel Depot. Initial plans are to move '746 to Long Marston for the remedial work needed to restore it to working order. More details on the locos long term future will be posted when known. 47105 & 47376 restored to working order - Posted 27/2/07 Work has been completed on the BT4F's locos based at Toddington. 47105 has had roof panels refitted and sealed while work on 47376's exhaust was also completed. Both locos have been run and no further faults found. 47105 returns to traffic in March working 3 trains per day throughout the month with the exception of the 10th March where '105 will work the first train with a 37 working the remaining two services. Video section temporarily offline - Posted 11/2/07 The video section has been temporarily removed due to a hosting issue. It will return as soon as possible. GWR closed until March - Brush Maintenance With the closure of the Glos Warks Railway until March there is a chance to carry out some jobs on the Fund's engines, 47105 is now located in the main shed receiving attention around the roof panels over the heat exchanger and turbo which have been found to leak water into the engine compartment. This may include some welding to one section. The painting of the A side of the engine compartment is ongoing. 47376 is having attention to the exhaust between the cylinder heads and the turbo which has been blowing due to worn joints. The boiler compartment painting has taken a back seat for the time being. Thrash & Flames DVD from the SF 47 Group The Stratford 47 Group have a DVD for sale on eBay, the Thrash & Flames DVD runs for 110 minutes with 34 different 47s in action. All profits from the DVD sales go to the Stratford Group and the preservation of 47367 and 47596. The eBay link is here - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110080501333&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:UK:11 Clips from the DVD can be found on YouTube, click the following links - 47786 leaving Holyhead on an ECS Christmas Diesel Day timetable - Posted 17/12/06 The timetable for the Christmas diesel day is available HERE. 47105 and 47376 will be paired for two rounds trips of the line at 1130 and 1610 from Toddington, returning from Cheltenham at 1220 and 1700, 47376 has a trip to Winchcombe and back with the brake van at 1415 returning at 1440. November Gala timetable - Posted 25/10/06 The timetable for the November diesel gala is available HERE. The gala will feature both of the Brush Type 4 Fund locos based at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway. It's ALIVE!! 47105 was successfully started on Sunday 27th August after it's 3 month summer holiday in Toddington yard minus several internal pipes and components and having the fuel tanks cleaned out. The loco was given a test run on Monday 28th with '376 in tow and all seems to be well with the engine meaning an appearance at the upcoming diesel gala will be forthcoming. The timetable for the gala is HERE
47105 stoned! - Posted 08/08/06 47105 has become the victim of vandalism at the GWR. Sometime in late July the 47, parked in the yard away from public land, was attacked which has resulted in a cracked drivers side windscreen. The loco bears 3 distinct marks on one windscreen only which could be mistaken for an attack by the Phoenix snipers, the vandal certainly has good grouping ( I wonder if he plays darts?). Click here for a photo However, said vandal is not so clever as the loco targeted is the 47 of the two which is spending the summer out of traffic for repairs while the "Pride of the Fleet" continues to work without problems. An investigation is under way, and although it would seem that any attack must have come from on GWR property this is unconfirmed and it should not be assumed that it is an "inside job". Any information on this matter is gratefully received by email will be taken in strictest confidence, and will be passed to the appropriate persons. And as always, don't have nightmares! 47105 out of service for the summer & drive a 47 - Posted 15/07/06 47105 is currently out of service receiving repairs, these include a drain of the fuel tanks which need to be cleaned after algae contamination caused the loco running problems in March. The engine silencer has recently been removed for repairs with areas underneath also discovered to need welding work. The Spanner boiler has also been stripped down along with other work being carried out reconditioning internal components. 47376 remains in a serviceable condition and work is at an advanced stage on the painting of No.2 end cab which is expected to be finished by the end of July. 47376's No.1 end gauges have been used for the Class 47 used in the train simulator BVE, the screenshot below shows the layout of the virtual Brush -
Pride of the Fleet no more : 47376 ousted from Thomas Glory - Posted 22/06/06 47376 will not work on the Thomas shuttles on the 24th and 25th June. Due to fine print and legal mumbo jumbo 47376 has been deemed out of keeping with the theme of the event and will be replaced by a 37. 25th/26th March - 47105 unavailable. Posted 24/3/06 47105 has been diagnosed as suffering from fuel contamination which has resulted in the loco failing whilst working on the weekends of the past fortnight. An algae has been found in the fuel, the loco will run but if put under too heavy a load will shut down and is reluctant to restart. As a result the loco is unavailable for traffic this weekend where it should have been the 1615 Toddington - Cheltenham and returns. 47376 has been prepared and will the power for the 1615 trips on both days, the locos first runs since the Christmas period. Work is ongoing in No.2 end cab where paint stripping has recommenced on the cab roof sections. Sunday 26th March Alteration - Posted 20/3/05 For operation reasons the diagram for the GWR on Sunday has been altered, this will mean that 47105 will only work the 1615 Toddington - Cheltenham and return working and will not work the 1425 departure from Toddington. Spring Diesel Gala Timetable - Posted 18 March 2006 The timetable for the Spring Diesel Gala running from 31st March to 2nd April is now available HERE Running Days in March 47105 will be working (and steaming) every weekend in March, the loco will work the 1615 Toddington-Cheltenham and 1700 return each Saturday and Sunday of the month but will work 2 trips on Sunday 26th March. Click HERE for workings. 47192 Charter - Friday 8th September 2006 - Posted 27/01/06 We've been asked to mention that 47192 has been chartered for a running day on Friday 8th September 2006 at the Churnet Valley railway. In the same mould as last year's day '192 will be working 8 or 9 round trips of the railway. More details will be available closer to the time regarding timings and cost but now is the time to get an annual leave day booked!! 2006 Gala Dates / Loco update- Posted 08/01/06 The dates are now available for the 2006 GWR diesel galas and can be found on the workings page. In addition to this there are a scheduled 116 days in which there is a diesel rostered to work on the GWR this year, details of the working days for 47105 and 47376 will be released closer to March when the GWR re-opens after the winter break. As you will probably have noticed 47105 is once again steaming after some insulating and welding work was needed on the the Spanner boiler. The boiler was put back together in late November/early December in preparation for a test on the 16th December. 47105 remains seviceable. 47295 remains at Ashchurch MOD, various ideas have been suggested for the future of the 3rd Brush Type 4 loco but as present no definite plans have been made. Negotiations continue with regard to sourcing bogies for the loco. The cab refurbishment of 47376's No.2 end continues but has been slowed by the cold Toddington weather making it hard to paint, the refurb should be complete for the start of the running season in March. 47376 experienced a blown battery cell and a sticking reverser in the run up to Christmas but with these minor problems fixed the loco remains serviceable. Amended Gala Timetable.- Posted 2/11/05 The gala timetable has been amended to included 24081 which was resurrected last weekend. 24081 will partner 47105 for the gala. TIMETABLE November Diesel Gala and 47105 back to NB! - Posted 31/10/05 47105 and 47376 will be working in the November GWR diesel gala, a timetable is available here. The Spanner Mk.III boiler on '105 is currently out of action as insulation work is needed before the boiler can be recertified for use, at present it isn't known if the boiler will need to be removed from the loco for the work to be carried out as alternative options for the method of insulation are being sought. 47105 workings at the Thomas weekend Posted 4/10/05 47105 will working the Cheltenham-Winchcombe shuttles in connection with the Thomas event this coming weekend. Timetable for the event is HERE 47376 named at diesel gala - Posted 25/9/05 47376 was renamed "Freightliner 1995" in a ceremony at Toddington Station at approx 1220 on Saturday 24th September. After a brief history of 47376 from Brush Type 4 Fund Chairman Nigel Antolic, John Plowright, the former Fleet Manager (Intermodal) from Freightliner was given the honour of unveiling the name. After the ceremony 47376 worked the 1240 Toddington to Cheltenham and 1330 return. A picture of 47376 can be found HERE. September Gala Timetable The timetable for the September gala is here. 47376 Re-Naming Ceremony - 24th September 2005 - Posted 4/9/05 47376 will be re-named "Freightliner 1995" at 1210pm on Saturday 24th September 2005 at Toddington Station on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway. More details concerning the ceremony will be available closer to the time as final arrangements are being made at present. 47376 was originally named "Freightliner 1995" at Crewe Basford Hall yard at the open day on 28th August 1995 by Freight Services Supervisor Barry Daly. The naming served to mark Freightliner as a separate business from the BRB and launch the then new FL livery. 47105 and 47376 will be running during the diesel gala (24th & 25th September) along with the GWR diesel fleet which now includes 56003 and 73129. |
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Additional Running for 47105 - Saturday 4th June 2005. Posted 2045 1/6/05 Due to the unavailability of steam locos 47105 will be working the 1030, 1230, 1430 and 1630 departures from Toddington on Saturday 4th June 2005. Thomas and Friends weekend workings for 47105. Posted 19/4/05 @ 21:30 47105 will be working the Cheltenham to Winchcombe shuttles for the upcoming Thomas and Friends weekend. Departures from Cheltenham RC will be at 9:30, 10:40, 12:25 and 14:10. Departures from Winchcombe will be at 11:25, 13:10, 14:55 and 16:40. Details of the event are here Additional Running for 47105 - Saturday 12th March. Posted 9/3/05 @ 2130 47105 was booked to be working the 1630 Toddington - Cheltenham and return on Saturday 12th March, instead the loco will now be working the 1030, 1230, 1430 and 1630 departures from Toddington. Spring Gala 8th - 10th April - Timetable - Updated 9/3/05 @ 21:30 The timetable for Friday 8th April, the first day of the GWR Spring Gala is available here (Excel format) The timetable for Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th April of the Spring gala are available here. (Excel format) Busy Summer for The Brush Type 4 Fund The coming months will see a lot of work put into the BT4F locos, after the Thomas event which 47105 is participating in, the locos boiler will be stripped down for it's annual inspection. The loco will also have an oil and filter change in the coming months. Work continues on the refurbishment of 47376's cabs with No.1 end having final coats of primer applied ready for undercoating, work is under way on No.2 end. 47376 will be withdrawn from traffic after the April gala for maintenance to be carried out, including the lifting of the boiler compartment roof to allow welding to be carried out. The April gala is the last chance to see 47376 in its weather worn Freightliner livery as the loco will be repainted in the summer also. Christmas Gala Timetable The timetable for the Christmas diesel day is available here 2005 Diesel Galas
The
dates for the GWR 2005 diesel galas are as follows;
8, 9, 10 April
24,
25 Sept
5, 6th Nov
27th Dec
More running days will hopefully be announced in due course. November Diesel Gala Timetable The timetable for the diesel gala on 27/28 November is now available here Additional working for 47105/November Diesel Days. Posted 21/10/04 47105 will be working the 1600 Toddington - Cheltenham RC and 1650 Cheltenham RC - Toddington additionally on Saturday 6th November. 47105 and 47376 will both be in action over the weekend of 27th/28th November, the timetable is likely to be the same as the recent diesel gala but without the demonstration freight trains. The timetable will be republished here in the next couple of weeks. Boiler re-certified on 47105. Posted 8/10/04 47105's Spanner MkIII boiler has once again passed it's inspection and will be in working order for the winter running days starting with the Thomas event this weekend and the Autumn diesel gala on 16th/17th October. The boiler has had some work carried out after failing an initial inspection whilst stripped down in August but after reassembly the boiler successfully passed a working test on Friday 8th October. 47401 Project and 47192 Group Websites. Posted 28/9/04 The 47401 Project now has a web presence and can be found at www.47401project.co.uk, the website charts the history of the pioneer 47 plus has and extensive sales list of railway paraphernalia. The group charged with the care of the 47192 at the Churnet Valley Railway have also taken webspace for their cause. The Staffordshire Type 4 Ltd website can be found at www.st4.org October Diesel Gala Timetable. Posted 27/9/04 The timetable for the forthcoming Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway diesel gala is now available by clicking here. An Message from Mick Knox of the The Class 48 Appeal. Posted 27/9/04 A website has just been launched to for the appeal to save former Class 48 - 47114 (D1702). This loco when built as D1702 in 1965 was the original of five prototype class 48 locomotives installed with the French built Sulzer V12 engine (the forerunner of the Sulzer 16LVA24 as fitted to Kestrel). D1702 was re-engined with a standard twin bank Sulzer engine in 1969. As we have lost in the past Lion, Kestrel, DP2 and Falcon, it would be a pity to see this locomotive currently for sale scrapped. We would like to appeal for anyone who would be interested in saving this loco, with a long term view of obtaining a Sulzer 12LVA24 engine from France and restoring it as a class 48. This would be a mammoth undertaking, but it would also result in a unique locomotive which is already in a better state than some of the Barry steam wrecks! This is a project in its very early stages and anyone interested or has similar aims should email us. We would also like to appeal for anyone who has information on the conversion of D1702-06, that was undertaken in Crewe works between 1968-71, and also on the SNCF 68000's, and SNCF 468000's class of locomotives, which had the same engine. We would also be interested in any information of D1702-06 in traffic as class 48's and how they performed. More details can be found on our website: http://www.alextrack.co.uk/D1702/Thomas Event workings for 47105. Posted 1145, 12/09/04 47105 will be participating in the Thomas the Tank Engine event at the GWR on 9th and 10th October, our Class 47 will be working between Cheltenham Racecourse and Winchcombe. Departures from Cheltenham are at 1040, 1225, 1410 and 1555 with return departures from Winchcombe at 1125, 1310, 1455 and 1640. 47376 repaint postponed A decision has been taken by the working members of the BT4F to postpone the repaint of 47376 until 2005 due to the sheer size of the task and the tight timescale the small number of working volunteers would have to work to if the loco was to be ready for October's gala. Additionally the renaming has been put back as Freightliner are considering various ways to celebrate their 10th anniversary, which it is hoped 47376 will be involved in. Initial indications are that 47376 will be stopped in April 2005 for it's repaint so all BT4F members have fair warning to keep April 2005 free for a couple of weeks holiday so you can to the GWR and help in the repaint of your loco!! We will bring you more news as it becomes available. Dates for your diary! The remaining 2004 running days for the Brush Type 4 Funds operational locos are as follows.
47376 to be named "Freightliner 1995" again. 47376 is due to enter the paint shop in September to have a fresh coat of Freightliner grey livery applied, this follows a livery ballot by the members of the BT4F in which the choices were a reapplication of FL Grey or variations of original two tone green. BR Blue was ruled out as a stipulation of the GWR accepting 47376 is that it will never carry the same livery as 47105 at any time. In conjunction with the application of the former Freightliner livery plans are in hand to reunite 47376 with the name "Freightliner 1995" at a naming ceremony to be held on the weekend of the October GWR diesel gala. 47376 was originally named "Freightliner 1995" at Crewe Basford Hall yard at the open day on 28th August 1995 by Freight Services Supervisor Barry Daly. The naming served to mark Freightliner as a separate business from the BRB and launch the then new FL livery. More details will appear here as they are announced. Changes to the Seminar Photos Pages. The Seminar photos pages have been changed so that all seminars with 47s are grouped together, the photos of 47 bashers have been grouped also, with a separate section for the "Doss Files" Video Files available A section for video files has been added to the Gallery page, resources for viewing the files are also available. Click here to go to the Video page New Link added. A Link has been added to the website for Railfest 2004. The site is designed to provide all of the information regarding events throughout the UK to celebrate 200 years of rail travel, including the main event at the NRM in York. Click here to visit the site. Spring Diesel Gala: 12-14 March 2004 The 3 day Spring diesel gala will run from Friday 12th March to Sunday 14th March. Locos from the GWR diesel fleet will be in action with 47105 and 47376 working in a pair on each day working the 1130 and 1500 services from Toddington and the 1220 and 1550 services from Cheltenham Racecourse. Rover tickets are £9 and there is plenty of free car parking available at Toddington, Winchcombe and Cheltenham Racecourse. A timetable for the event in Excel format is here For further information the GWR can be contacted on 01242 621405 or at www.gwsr.com Additional working for 47105. 47105 will work the 16:00 Toddington to Cheltenham Racecourse on Thursday 1st January 2004, the loco will then take the empty stock to Winchcombe. Class 47 Squad List A new Class 47 squad list is viewable in text file format here, the list is as of 1700hrs 22/12/03 and contains the majority of the class in service and withdrawn. Pool Codes as always available here Class 47 Squad List Click here for a squad list of the 47s still in service with Freightliner and EWS. For Pool codes click here Christmas Diesel Day alteration. By popular demand the 1054 departure from Toddington at the Christmas Diesel day on 29th December will be 24081+47105+47376. An Excel spreadsheet of the timetable is here Class 47 Squad List Click here for a full Class 47 squad list as of 29/11/03 at 0830 (Notepad Text File) For Pool codes click here For Location Codes click here For TOPS Repair codes click here (and go to the downloads page) Cheers to Steve for the list. Updated Links A new link has been added to a growing site detailing Kirky Lane, a model railway layout built by Paul Mackay that has a large number of OO gauge 47s. The link to Shaun C's Class 47 List site have also been updated. Christmas Diesel Day The traditional Christmas diesel day will be held on Monday 29th December, 47105 and 47376 will be working the 1054 and 1530 departures from Toddington, returning from Cheltenham Racecourse at 1148 and 1624. Duties will be shared with the Growler Groups 37215 and 37324, along with D8137 and 24081. Rides within the station limits will be provided by D2069. Fares for the day are £9, with reductions for children and family tickets. A full timetable for the event is available here Information needed Lists of the BT4F locos passenger workings are now on this site, we hope to have an accurate list as is possible for all of the workings of the trio, so if you have any info of a train one of the locos has worked please email it in for inclusion on the list. The current lists are here - 47105 / 47295 / 47376 Autumn Diesel Gala 24th - 26th October The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway is providing some end of season diesel running in the form of its annual Autumn Diesel Gala. The event will run from Friday 24th October through until Sunday 26th October. All the usual features will be present, centered around services hauled by the GWR's home based and restored 'classic diesel heritage' fleet. All available locomotives will be used subject to availability and this is inspected to include privately owned D9539, D8137 and 24081 which will be joined by The Growler Groups English Electric Type 3's 37215 & 37324 and also The Brush Type 4 Funds 47105. Star of the show will be the BT4F’s latest acquisition – 47376. This loco will be returning to public service for the first time in preservation following the successful summer restoration effort by its owners. 47105 should have its steam heat boiler reinstated following insurance inspection in time for the event ensuring that at least some of the trains will be comfortably heated. Yard tours will be provided on both Saturday and Sunday with a diesel bias. This will enable visitors to see the progress being made with the long term restoration of residents 26043 and 45149 owned by The Cotswold Mainline Diesel Group. All trains originate and terminate at Toddington and traverse the whole length of the operational GWR line to the newly opened extension terminus at Cheltenham Race Course. All services also call at the intermediate station of Winchcombe, where parking is also available. There is plenty of free parking available at all three stations. A timetable for the event is available to view or download here Additional Diesel Running Days In addition to the previously announced Autumn Diesel Gala, the following days at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway will have diesel hauled services in the coming weeks: 28th/29th/30th October 47105 Sun 2nd Nov 47105 & 24081 Sun 9th Nov 47105 & 47376 Sun 23rd Nov 47105 Sun 30th Nov 47105 & 47376 Departures from Toddington are at 10.30, 12.00, 14.00, 15.30, returning from Cheltenham Race Course at 11.15, 12.45, 14.45 & 16.15 Members day to go ahead. The BT4F members day on Friday 5th September will now go ahead, members of the Fund please click here for times. This is a day for the members of the BT4F to enjoy the fruits of their labour so is not open to the general public, although for the photographers out there the two operational Brush Type 4 Fund locos will be making several trips between Toddington and Cheltenham Racecourse so lots of opportunities for phots in the sunshine should be available. 47376 Test Run - Friday 11th July 2003 (By D Moorcraft) 47376 had a test run on Friday 11th July, with a few members of the Fund and working volunteers from the GWR aboard. With Nigel "in the chair", the engine managed to reach 24mph on the outward run to Cheltenham, which included photographic stops at Winchcombe and in the long straight before Gotherington station. 47105 was coupled inside in case of any problems with 376. On the return run, with Tim now driving, a hydrostatic hose developed a split which led to serck oil leaking out into the engine room. Thankfully no damage was caused, the engine was immediately shut down and 47105 pushed the shut down locomotive back to Toddington. The consensus was that it was a minor fault and easily fixable, with Tim saying "if the generator had been doing an impression of a catherine wheel, I'd have been worried". Next outing for 376 should be the Members Day, which Nigel has requested for 5th September. I think the test run was a fitting way to bring together 3 weeks of solid graft by small but dedicated group of members, particularly by Tim and Nigel. It just shows it can be done. If anybody wants to get involved with the restoration, come to Todd of a weekend, there's plenty to do. We'll bring you more news on the members days as soon as we know. Class 47 Squad List Click here for a full Class 47 squad list as of 02/07/03 (Word Document - 50k) For Pool codes click here For Location Codes click here For TOPS Repair codes click here (and go to the downloads page) Cheers to Steve for the list. 47376 is alive! 47376 was started up for the first time in preservation at 1843Hrs on Wednesday 2nd July at Toddington. The loco was run for 52 minutes before being shut down at 1935Hrs. No major faults were reported with the loco. This represents a major milestone for the Brush Type 4 Fund as in a little over 2 years the 47/3 Project was set up and has successfully preserved a working member of the 47/3 sub class. Pics of the startup are here Why is 295's engine black? Incase you hadn't noticed (and you can be forgiven for not noticing as not everyone has access to a Brush Type 4 engine room) 47295's engine is black, this is in contrast to the more conventional beige colour that power units are painted. This happened when the power unit was overhauled by Babcock Thorn at Rosyth Dockyard in 1991. The story goes that BR were asked what colour they wanted the power unit to be painted, the reply being "we don't care what colour you paint it, paint it black for all we care!". This was taken at face value and a nice gloss black power unit was delivered to Doncaster as a result!! Report on move of
47376 from MOD Ashchurch to Toddington By Martin Measures
Following the successful swap of power units at the weekend, 376 was due to be moved first thing on Monday with the return of the lorry tractor unit at about 8am. After waiting patiently by the roadside with the camera for over 90 minutes I decided to return to Toddington and found Mark, Tim and Simon. I put in a call to Allely’s who advised that Gloucestershire Police were unavailable until after lunch and the lorry would most likely arrive around 12 noon. I returned to Ashchurch at midday and after an hour, Eric and his lorry arrived. The 11-axle bogey, which was a bed to 376 over the weekend, was pumped up and levelled. I covered all the oil leaks, which were revealed when the lorry pulled forward, with sand whilst we awaited the police escort. Suddenly realising that I would be behind the cavalcade, I decided to checkout of the high security base. Overtaking the lorry and the ‘Feds’ was not going to happen in between Ashchurch and Toddington and I wanted photographs of 376 at Toddington roundabout. Whilst checking out, the Police arrived and immediately escorted 376 from the rear of the MOD complex. I telephoned back to 105 to alert the others and pulled away as the police stopped the traffic to allow 376 to exit on her final leg to her new home. The journey took about 15 minutes at 25 mph and within a mile or so of Toddington I raced ahead, parked and joined Tim, Mark, Simon and Matt on the roundabout. The photographs will appear on this site for you all to enjoy. 376
made easy work of the roundabout and arrived at the Gloucestershire,
Warwickshire Railway just before 2pm. The unloading platform failed to
arrive and the late afternoon was spent emptying the cabs and washing
down the engine room floor panels. Back
to Toddington on Tuesday morning at 8.30am and after an hour or so the
team from Allely’s arrived with all the gear to unload. Having missed
105 being unloaded I was keen to observe the 90 minute operation which
went smoothly and, again, photographs will appear here. Allely’s then
left for Crewe where 771 awaited them. By 11.30am 376 was positioned alongside 105 in the June sunshine. Tim was persuaded not to commence the overhaul for a few moments whilst the film was finished in our cameras. This scene is the result of a tremendous amount of effort, not to mention, of course, money. I now have the opportunity to help renovate another Brush Type 4 and for this I share my appreciation, in particular, of Tim, Mark, Nigel and Chris. 47376 Enters Preservation 47376 arrived at Toddington on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway at 1351 on Monday 23rd June 2003. The engine swap with 47295 was a success and the loco is expected to enter service in in the coming months. Below is a report by David Moorcraft of the move from Southampton Maritime to Ashchurch and an account of the engine swap. Pictures are here 47376 Moves from
Southampton to Toddington: Aka: The Summer Sulztice
(By David
Moorcraft)
Nearly 2 years after it was stopped in traffic, 47376 at last moved on Friday 20th June from Southampton to MOD Ashchurch. Alleley’s Heavy Haulage were on site from 0630 preparing their trailer to load the locomotive at Southampton. It was shunted down towards the depot from its remote outpost next to 47207 that morning. With 3 other members of the Fund there to observe the loading (Nigel Antolic, Chris Wall and Mark Elvey), 376 was gradually winched off Network Rail metals onto the specialist trailer (See accompanying photos), in an operation which took about 45 minutes. There were a few “if the winch cable breaks now, we’ll never stop it…….” comments, but thankfully all went off OK. After loading, the loco was firmly chained to the trailer and the final preparations made for the journey. Finally at 0925, the convoy left the Freightliner compound past the dock gate and out onto the open highways. Several photos later the fund members returned to collect some pre-arranged items from the depot, whilst I drove out on to the M27 to follow 376. Having left the dock without its Police escort, the convoy had by this time been joined by the Hampshire Feds. Before too long, a nice queue had formed behind 376 as the lorry slowly made its way towards the M3 and A34. Overtaking it and heading towards Twyford Down, it was a sight to behold as it made its way over the top of the bank and towards the A34 Junction. Although there was then a bungle with the route as the convoy continued up the M3 to J7, before coming back to J8 to gain access to A303 and then pick up the A34. Problems with providing an escort through Berkshire saw a lengthy delay in a wide load only lay by near Newbury. More photos and more followers, as we were joined by Mambo and Martin Measures. The convoy was underway again around 2.30pm, this time to Membury services with our Berkshire Constabulary escort. The female driver was bemused by the sight of our cars tearing past the convoy, only to stop in the next lay by and see all occupants running down the grass to get a phot! At Membury a further delay occurred awaiting the Wiltshire Feds, but did allow more photographic opportunities. It had already become apparent that Avon & Somerset Constabulary would be unwilling to accept the convoy through the Bristol area during the evening rush hour, so Leigh Delamere was the next destination, where the convoy was recessed for around 5 ½ hours until the rush hour traffic had passed and an accident cleared up on the M5 Northbound near Gloucester. The convoy followers (myself, Nigel, Chris, Mark, Mambo, Martin and Paul Wilkins) all went our separate ways after a relaxing pint or two in Tomarton just off M4 J18. The
convoy did eventually move off at around 9pm. finally arriving at
Ashchurch at 2330 (thanks Chris !) On
Saturday 21st attention turned towards removing the defective
power unit from 376 and replacing it with “The Black Prince” from
295. A delicate operation involving 3 separate lifts, 2 cranes with a
combined “lifting weight” of 65 tonnes and much anxiety from the CM
& EE, Tim Leverton. The
first job was to remove the central roof panels from 376 and 295. Many
problems were encountered with the lift out of 376, including a general
disbelief that the cranes assigned the job could actually do the lift!
After a false start, the defective unit was lifted out of 376 onto
wooden sleepers between the two engines. It was turned at 90 degrees to
the two engines sat parallel to each other and fitted only by about a
foot! Before
the unit was dropped in from 295, we took the opportunity to clean the
floor under where the power unit sits. It can only be described as
filthy and about an inch deep in oily grime and various other items
including a pair of old jeans. This choice(!) task was undertaken by
myself, Nigel, Andre, Martin, Andre and Bob. Many oil absorbing pads
later, much of the grime had been removed and the floor was ready for
the unit from 295. However,
there were problems with lifting the unit out of 295 as well, because of
a rogue floor bolt, but after much racking of collective brains and a
bit of help from the cranes lifting the units the bolt came out.
Locating the unit into 376 was a delicate process, but carried out with
care and attention. Plenty of “left a bit, right a bit, STOP, back a
bit, forward a bit” eventually got the unit in place and secured to
the floor. But not before it had leaked lots of oil onto the freshly
cleaned floor!! The defective unit was then lifted into 295 and both locos were re-united with their central roof panels and that was it job done. After a few seminar pictures and a wash down, it was off to the pub to reflect on a hard but successful day. Even Tim managed a smile for us. Before he spilt his pint! 47376 latest - Sunday 22nd June : 1500Hrs 47376 arrived at the MoD site at Ashchurch late Friday night after delays on the A34 and near Bristol. A successful engine change was carried out on Saturday, connecting up the engine will be carried out today (Sunday). If all goes to plan 376 will arrive at Toddington on Monday morning. 47376 on the move! 47376 will be moved from Southampton Maritime depot to the MOD site at Ashchurch on Friday 20th June 2003. The loco is expected to leave around 0930 and will travel on the M271, M27, M3, A34, M4 and M5 to Junction 9 before leaving the motorway for the final miles to Ashchurch. The loco will have an engine swap with 47295 at Ashchurch on Saturday then complete the journey to Toddington on Monday 23rd June. Summer Diesel Week Timings 47105 will be working the following trains over the Summer Diesel week on the GWR. Monday 7th July - 1054, 1314 & 1530 ex Toddingon / 1148, 1406 & 1624 Ex Cheltenham RC Friday 11th July - 1054 & 1314* ex Toddington / 1148 & 1406* ex Cheltenham RC * = working in tandem with 24081 Summer Diesel Gala The event this year will run between Monday 7th and Friday 11th of July. Rover tickets are set at £9 which provides unlimited travel which includes the newly opened Cheltenham Racecourse extension. The line up for the diesel week is as follows; Mon
7th 24081 & 47105 (Sulzer Day) A timetable for the workings of 47105 will be posted shortly. Diesel Gala Rover Tickets Please note that rover tickets for the upcoming GWR Diesel gala are priced at £9 and not £18 as advertised elsewhere. Also please note that a regular bus shuttle now runs from the forecourt of Cheltenham Spa station to the town centre (every 15mins on Fri/ Sat) you can then catch a bus to Bishops Cleeve which drops off at the Park and Ride at Cheltenham Racecourse then its about a 10min walk to the GWR. Video files of 47105 Click below to download two video files of 47105 during a driver experience course in March. The files are in AVI format and will play with Windows Media Player or Real One Player available by clicking here and selecting the free player. Please note however that the files are quite large and will take a few minutes to download if you are using a 56k Modem. Click on the video link to watch the video, right click and select Save Target As to save them to your PC. 47105 at Winchcombe - 17 Seconds (3Mb) 47105 at Cheltenham Racecourse - 25 Seconds (5.5Mb) Spring Diesel Gala The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railways Spring Diesel gala will be held on Friday 9th May to Sunday 11th May 2003. With the newly opened Cheltenham extension in use it is now possible to enjoy a 20 mile round trip. Due to the long section between Winchcombe and Cheltenham Racecourse departures from Toddington to the Racecourse will be at 90 minute intervals on Friday 9th May. On the Saturday and Sunday of the gala there will be additional services to Winchcombe only in between the Raceourse departures. 47105 will be used extensively over the 3 day event, and will work the following trips;
47376 accepted at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Following a meeting of the GWR board on February 28th we are pleased to announce that 47376 has formally been accepted at Toddington, the home of the Brush Type 4 Fund's flagship loco 47105. The loco will initially move to Ashchurch MOD for a power unit swap with 47295, before continuing its journey to Toddington. The proposed moving date from Southampton Maritime will be posted here in due course. The agreement to have 376 at Toddington does come with some stipulations, of these one is that 47376 can never carry the same livery as 47105 at any one time, therefore it is anticipated at present that 376 will be repainted in its current Freightliner livery, with the possibility of a renaming ceremony later in the year. Special thanks must go to the board of the BT4F for their efforts in securing a permanent home for 376, and to the members of the fund for their contributions, but most of all our biggest thanks to the board of the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway!! Spring Diesel Gala The Spring Diesel Gala will be held from 9th to 11th May, more details will be posted in due course Race Specials run again The last time race specials ran to Cheltenham Racecourse the road traffic bill, making it compulsory to wear seatbelts, had recently been approved and Prime Minister Harold Wilson had just resigned. The last trains from the Racecourse station ran on 17th March 1976 and were hauled by 47152, D1029 Western Hussar and 37188 After a gap of 27 years the Brush Type 4 Fund is honored to be associated with the running of race specials for Cheltenham Gold Cup 2003. On March 13th 47105 will work the 1030 'Racex' from Toddington to Cheltenham Racecourse, returning ECS at 1120. After stabling for the day the loco will return ECS to Cheltenham to form the return 'Racex' with an estimated departure of 1945-2015. Please note however that these trains are ticket only and are not available to the public. Freightliner 47 Tour Compass Tours have announced the Tayside Liner which will run from Midlands and the North West of England to Stirling and Perth using a Freightliner 47 as the motive power. For more details visit the Compass Tours website here.
47295 Enters Preservation (Report by Chris Wall) During the later part of January the Brush Type 4 fund obtained its third loco for preservation, albeit without bogies. The bogies ex 47295 are to be utilised for the forthcoming Class 57 bogie overhaul program. The last train that the loco worked was 4R28 0222 Ipswich to Felixstowe on 13/03/02, it then returned light to Ipswich Fuel point where it was stopped for an A exam at 1300 13/03/02. During this exam a fault with a suspension bar on one of its traction motors was found and the loco stopped at 1000 18/03/02. The loco was part of the DFFT fleet which were modified for Felixstowe dock work and thus already has pipework and sandboxes. These are very similar to the present day 57/0 that Freightliner use hence was a good candidate for bogie donation. On 22/01/03 47295 moved under its own power from Ipswich Fuel Point to the Lower Yard. On 27/01/03 47295 made its journey to Brush at Loughborough by road from Ipswich Lower Yard. On arrival at Brush the loco had its crank case door removed to ensure all fluids were drain prior to entering 25 Shop for lifting. Once this door is replaced the loco is complete and in running condition. During the night shift of Wednesday 12th February 2003 Brush traction at Loughborough began the task of separating the bogies of 47295 from the main body of the locomotive. At 0825 the cranes in number 25 shop began to slowly lift the loco from its bogies and after lifting it approx 20 ft in the air it began its slow move down the length of the workshop. When it came to loading the loco to Alley's Transport we hit a problem, they didn't have enough material to pack the loco up. After just over 3 hours, a trailer alteration and strapping, the loco was ready to move. At 1145 the loco eased out of number 25 shop and was ready to cause chaos on the local road network. Shortly after, at 1153 we exited the gatehouse and headed off on Meadow Lane towards Stanford on Soar passing under the Ruddington Branch. After negotiating several tight corners, buses, land rovers, lorries and much to the dismay of the local normals we reached the A6006. Here we pulled out (In front of white van man - Much to his disgust) and headed off towards the A46 at Willoughby with our head shacking, tutting friend in our rear view mirror...... We then continued along the A46 to Junction 21A of the M1 then down to the M69. This was where Nigel Antolic was desperately trying to write your members letter envelopes so please excuse the writing if its a bit shaky whilst I drove, as steadily as possible, to ensure the postman could read his writing. Speed varied between 15mph and 50mph but with light traffic we soon made light work of the journey. from the M69 we took the M6 upto the M42 then across the bottom of Birmingham and onto the M5. We continued to follow the lorry until junction 7 where we sped off to get a photo of it crossing the Main Line at Ashchurch. Sadly there was no HST (As per M Elveys photo of 47105). We Just missed 66xxx departing Ashchurch MOD on 6A32 1327 Ashchurch - Didcot at 1440, no shame there. At 1453 we arrived at the MOD Gates and awaited access to the unloading area. After security checks we headed off to the Rail Operations Terminal to be greeted with 4 x 30t cranes, all in position and ready to go. It took almost three hours of hard work attaching lifting brackets and moving sleepers around to create a suitable resting place for the old girl. At 1815 we were finally finished and all volunteers ready to depart, it was then announced, "That's another Class 47 successfully preserved" Thanks must be passed to the staff at Brush Works Loughborough who were all extremely helpful and without this help the move would not have been so successful. The other key player in this move were the staff and ops manager at MOD Ashchurch who were all extremely helpful and accommodating with this strange request. The 5 people all involved in the move were M Elvey (Deposit) , T Leverton (CM&EE), P Northover (Upside down bracket man), N Antolic (Crime scene man), C Wall (Work avoider) but lets not forget the members without whom this purchase would not have been possible, thanks to all.
2003 Running Dates The Gloucester Warwickshire Railway will be closed for January and February whilst final preparations are made to the 3.25 mile extension to Cheltenham Racecourse. The official public opening of the extension will be between 7th and 11th April 2003. The main gala events at the GWR for 2003 are as follows: -
Christmas Running Day. On Friday 27th December 47105 will be working the following departures from Toddington; 10:00 (with 24081) / 12:10 (with D8137) / 14:25 and 16:35 So if you're fed up with turkey sarnies and fancy traveling in nice warm steam heated, Brush Type 4 hauled coaches then get yourself to Toddington on Friday 27th. Do you want to drive 47105? Well now you can!! Adventure001 are offering the chance to drive 47105 on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway in one of their Driver Experience courses in 2003. Courses start at £110 per person for a course between Toddington and Winchcombe and rise to £175 per person for a course between Toddington and Cheltenham Racecourse. The course includes all aspects of the driving experience, from preparing the loco, to coupling the loco and taking control of a train. When driving a locomotive, most people chose to use a Passenger rake (5 or 6 coaches) to enhance their driving experience. As an alternative to this, you can request either a 1960's Style Freight or Civil Engineers/Ballast train (subject to availability). Brush Type 4 Fund members will get a £10 discount on the price of a course. For more information, click here to visit Adventure001 New Pictures added Two additional pictures of 47105 at Cardiff and Royal Oak have been added, thanks to Mark Elvey for these, click here to view. The Seminar section has also been added on the Gallery page with some shots to start us off, as always all contributions welcome click here to email. The Preserved 47s Page has been updated to include 47367 and an updated pic of 47117 with its reinstated headcode box. 47/3 Project Success!! It is with great pleasure that the Brush Type 4 Fund can announce that the bid for the purchase of 47376 from Freightliner Ltd has been successful. Completion of the sale should go through in the next few days. The locomotive currently resides at Southampton Maritime Depot where it has been out of use since June 2001. The loco has a defective Sulzer engine but apart from that is complete bar a few sundry items such as cab gauges and electrical relays. The 47/3 Project was set up a little over 20 months ago to preserve a 47/3 so this is seen a great achievement. More details of the loco will follow in the next few days. Congratulations also to the Stratford 47 Group on their purchase of 47367, the former "Kenny Cockbird" November Sundays Update Please note that the 1415 departure from Toddington on 10th November will be hauled by 37324 with 47105 providing heat, this is due to to the Growler Group having their AGM on this day.
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A TOPS enquiry for the whole of the Class 47 as of 0900 on 8/10/02 has been added, click here to view.
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The timetable for the October gala has been tweaked slightly due to a 10mph slack between Toddington and Winchcombe, therefore trains on Saturday and Sunday will depart 2 minutes earlier. Also of note is that the last train of the day on Saturday and Sunday will now be hauled just by 47105, 24081 will work the 1628 departure with D8137. 47105 will see extensive use on the Sundays throughout November, the loco will work the 1045, 1215, 1415 and 1545 departures on 3rd/10th/17th and 24th November 2002.
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Diesel Gala 18-20th October 2002
The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway's Autumn Diesel gala will be held from Friday 18th October until Sunday 20th October. The gala will feature the GWRs resident fleet of diesels including our own loco 47105. Extensive use of the operational boiler will be made if necessary. 47105 will be working the following trains from Toddington:
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3 new pictures of 47105 have been added to the BR Service gallery. Views of 105 working passengers trains at Bolitho and Liskeard, and a shot of 105 at Oborne during track relaying. Click Here to view. Thanks to Roger Geach and Mike Collins for the photos.
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The are two new pictures of 47105 in the Gallery section on the BR page. A shot of 105 in the company of 47190 at Cockshute in 1976 and 105 at Trerulefoot on a charter in September 1977, click here to view. A couple of Brush Type 4 Fund members have suggested a section for seminar phots. If you have any seminars that you would like to see posted then please email them to webmaster@brushtype4fund.co.uk. When we have collected enough the section will be added to the Gallery section.
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Diesel Week Report By BT4F Member C Wall
The batteries and AVR have now been changed on the loco by Tim and Nigel after 105's failure on a previous driver expo, the loco now starts and runs like a dream and she has certainly proved this over the following diesel week.The week in whole was very successful for 47105, on the Monday we ran 5 round trips on the driver expo which was thoroughly enjoyed by all participants. The participants for the day were 3 Police officers so there was no talk of our planned night out at the risk of incriminating ourselves! This is a good source of revenue for the project and are always booked well in advance. This is the first year we have done so many trips and it is proving very popular. On the Tuesday we ran 3 round trips with 24081 as the other loco out on the day. The day was a success all round with a few of our members turning out to enjoy the thrash and sunshine. The clock at Toddington was a whole 90 seconds slow which PCP took great delight in ranting about before every departure. I suppose Cornish Time is slightly different than that in the Cotswolds. Wednesday saw us again taking part in a driver expo and completed 5 round trips without a fault. On this day 37215 & 324 were both out and about on the service trains giving the added attraction of tractor smog at Toddington. Thursday and Friday of the diesel week were left in the hands of the other resident loco's at Toddington. In the dying days of the Virgin fleet it was thought best as people are out and about on "The Bash" whilst they still can.
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Diesel Week and beyond...
The Gloucestershire Warwickshire diesel week runs from Monday 15th July to Friday 19th July 2002. 47105 will working the 1150, 1410 and 1650 departures from Toddington on Tuesday 16th July. There are driver experience courses using 47105 on both Monday 15th and Wednesday 17th July, so if you fancy driving 47105 then go along to Toddington and book yourself a course. On Sunday 21st July 47105 will work 1130, 1330, 1500 and 1630 departures from Toddington. On Friday 23rd August 47105 will work 1045, 1215, 1415 and 1545 departures from Toddington New pictures of 47402 and 47417 added, click here to view. New photo of 47105 on BR also added, click here.
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photos added
Photos from the Brush Type 4 Fund members day added, view them here Updated photo of 47643 added, Click Here
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photos and more of the gallery returns The pics from the Brush Type 4 Fund members day will be posted later in the week. More of the gallery section has returned, the remaining sections will be back this week. New photos of 47401, 47449 and 47643 are on the Preserved 47 page, view them here
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Section Returns
After a couple of months absence some of the pictures pages have been restored, so far the BR Service and Moving pages are posted, the rest will be added gradually over the next few weeks. On the subject of BR Service, we want to make a large gallery of photos of 47105 while she was in the hands of British Rail. So dig out your photo collections and see if you have any of 105 which we can use. Don't worry if you have a photo but no means to scan it, email the webmaster at webmaster@brushtype4fund.co.uk and we will make arrangements to pay for the postage so we can borrow the photo and scan it in.
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days for 47105.
The next public running days for 47105 will be 23rd and 24th March when the loco will work the 1340 departures from Toddington on each day. A Brush Type 4 Fund members day will be held on March 22nd which is exclusively for fund members, this will see the loco make a number of trips over the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway and incorporate the funds AGM. 105 is also taking part in a Driver Experience day on 7th April.
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Diesel Gala Times.
47105 will be in action for the GWR's Spring Diesel Gala starting on 22nd Feb. The diesel department have been working hard to get new loco 33202 in working order for the event, however a final decision on whether it will work will not be made until the weekend. As a result of this, two timetables have been produced for the event, one including 33202 (Timetable A) and one in the event of the Crompton not working (Timetable B). The departures for 47105 are as follows: Friday 22nd Feb.
The full loco rosters are available for viewing at www.preserved-diesels.co.uk, click here to view,
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Website Redesign
The redesign of this website is continuing, at present the gallery and 47105 history pages are still undergoing a few changes and therefore not available.
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Diesel Gala, 22nd to 24th February 2002
The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway kicks off it’s 2002 major events with a rescheduling of it’s annual Spring Diesel Gala event covering the weekend of Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th February 2002. The gala has been moved forward to this earlier date in the year than usual to accommodate other events at the GWR and now fills a slot in the railway world calendar where events of this scale are unusual. The motive power will be taken from our ‘home restored’ fleet of classic heritage traction with extensive use of 47105s steam heat boiler.
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Running Day for 105
In addition to the running days in January and February, 47105 will be working the 1045, 1215, 1415 and 1545 departures from Toddington on Sunday 13th January 2002.
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Running Days for January & February 47105 has been given additional running days in January and February to ease the pressure on the 2 car Class 108 DMU. On Sunday's 6th and 20th January and 10th and 17th February the loco will work the 1045, 1215, 1415 and 1545 departures from Toddington to Gotherington. These trips have been rostered to 47105 in view of the train heating capabilities, duties it will soon be sharing with 37324. Once the 37 has been repaired the owner will be re-certifying its steam heat generator ready for the Winter 2002 season.
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47105 Progress report Repaint Work on 47105s repaint has continued apace, by the start of July the loco has been extensively rubbed down, filled and primed. The coat of BR Blue applied in 1994 has stood up well to the elements considering the loco has been stabled in the open for the past 7 years. Generally the body was in a good condition therefore only a few areas needed replating, once this was done and others part had been neddle gunned and coated in Red oxide primer the loco was moved to the Carriage & Wagon workshop at Winchcombe on Saturday 7th July where she is expected to stay for 7-10 days. In this time the undercoat will be applied and any further filling to the body applied prior to the top coat being added. New overhead warning signs will also be applied along with a full set of bodyside stickers including the loco numbers, data panels, Cardiff shed stickers and BR double arrows. The headcodes panels are receiving attention and No.1 end will revert to the "domino" style headcode as per the Brush Type 4 Fund vote. Boiler The annual inspection of 47105s Spanner boiler took place on 19th April 2001. With the steam dome and end doors removed the test found that everything was in working order for the 'cold' test. The safety valve, pressure guage and "Mowbrey" water controls were all passed fit for further use. On 12th June the 'working' test was carried out with no problems and all safety devices working properly. |
