WR 4-6-0 No. 7812 Erlestoke Manor has started running in on the Severn Valley Railway following overhaul at Tyseley Locomotive Works (TLW).
No. 7812 was unloaded back onto SVR rails on the morning of December 2. Tender No. 2334 followed shortly after.
Following No. 7812’s first steaming on November 9, a second steaming took place a week later for the boiler insurance inspection, at which the inspector pronounced that he was happy.
An issue was identified with the bogie that would lead to the axleboxes soon running hot in service. A great team effort involving EMF volunteers and Tyseley staff saw the bogie removed, stripped down, rectified and reassembled over a couple of long days, to enable the SVR Engineering acceptance inspection to successfully take place
