The "linear scrapyard" revisited

Work started on the overhaul of 830's boiler several years ago but the boilersmith working on the project sadly died and the job seemingly stalled. Not sure what the current situation is with the boiler.

 

825 - in service
830 - frames, wheels and cylinders at end of Grosmont headshunt, boiler formerly under overhaul.
841 - frames and cylinders dumped in the undergrowth next to headshunt at Grosmont.

One complete set of fittings and components attached to 825. A few other components avaliable, but not enough for another loco.

Is that about right @Steve?

 

Thanks @5944. Theme tune to 'Soap' in my head now abated.

 

About. I haven’t looked in the undergrowth recently

 

I’m sure I remember a statement from the MLS when 830 was sold saying that a condition of sale was that it’d be restored in its own right - or am I imagining it? I guess that was a while ago now and nothing’s stopping a group of parts being assembled for use with the number 830 on the cab sides!


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There's a relevant posting on another thread:

 

Which thread was this?

 

Embsay & Bolton Abbey.

 

The 4TC group at Swanage on FB now have a photo of carriages awaiting restoration, with no confirmed date, covered up by tarpaulin as the only space is lineside, but will look acceptable. Guess the issue of potential damp under the tarpaulin is not an issue?
There is also a parts donor carriage, not sure if it is also covered or will be scrapped?

"Today we managed to get the other two unrestored coaches covered with their new tarpaulins. This should help protect them from the elements until their wait in the restoration queue is over."

 

The first two in that line up are the met red coaches (should that be red and what I call "Swanage Green", enough of it on my car). I believe from your earlier comments they are the donor vehicles. The two blue and grey vehicles were uncovered when I arrived at HX (too late having seen it leaving Swanage ) to photograph the arrival.

 

As someone who passes Carnforth on a pretty regular basis, it moves around a hell of a lot more than many would imagine, the views into the site seem to change on a weekly basis. The issue they will always have is that much of their stock is pretty obsolete in terms of spares so its dependent upon donors, so for instance I assume all the ex RES stock that is mainly at the southern end is there for parts having migrated from its previous storage at Hellifield, I imagine strategy is less WIBN and much more based on buying when things pop up rather than any real sort of long term plan.

Funny you mention Crewe, when I last passed probably two years ago (that's depressing!) it was starting to look rather Carnforthesque in the amount of stored stock screening the depot, again I would suspect for the same reasons snapping up what's available for its component parts rather than for its intrinsic value as a whole piece.

 

Wasn't the RES stock purchased purely for the bogies?