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Workshop Update – February 2023
News from the Workshop by Andy Meredith, TSLL Engineering Director At Loughborough, work has started on the brake gear for
Workshop Update – December 2022
After the flurry of activity in July and September the last few months have been comparatively quiet, but that doesn’t
“The Elephant in the room” by TSLL’s engineering director Andrew Meredith
One of the most frequent questions I’m asked is “what will you do about building a tender for 76077?”.  In
Workshop update September 2022
August was a very busy month at LMS with lots of work on 76077 in preparation for our shareholder and
Workshop update June / July 2022
The GWSR steam gala gave us the opportunity to show off progress on our Locomotive's restoration. As costs prevented us
Workshop Update – April – May 2022
Apologies for the late arrival of this workshop update, with the GWSR Steam Gala fast approaching I found myself busier
Workshop Update – February/March 2022
Work continues at Loughborough with the painting of the inside of the locomotive frames. The reversing shaft has been refurbished
Workshop Update – December 2021
Work at Loughborough has seen the replacement steam operated drain cock castings and the internal parts for these completed. We
Workshop Update – September 2021
Work during the month of September has consisted of building the main smokebox structure and the door assembly.  The smokebox
Cab restoration work commenced
Restoration work on the cab has commenced at Unity Engineering under the management of Chris Baldwin who has also done