A £100,000appealtocompletethe restoration of Swanage Railway-based William Adams LSWRT3 4-4-0 No. 563 has been launched.
The Swanage Railway Trust 563 Locomotive Group aims to have the locomotive in steam in May – for the first time in more than 75 years.
The 1893-built T3 has been undergoing its overhaul by Victorian locomotive restoration experts at Bill Parker’s Flour Mill workshop at Bream, in the Forest of Dean.
Sustained hard work by Flour Mill staff has focused on the laborious task of fitting stays to the boiler and firebox, which has now reached the throat
