Last Sunday (30th October) was the final operating day of the 2022 season for the working exhibits. Pyronaut was givng rides in the harbour and Portbury was working its final shift before being withdrawn for the upcoming 10-year overhaul.
… And that was it! ‘Farewell Portbury’ chalked on the smokebox door, ashed out over the pit, fire dropped, then back on shed. I couldn’t resist putting the Patrick nameplates (in honour of a friend) back on for a quick photo.
The team have wasted no time in starting the stripdown for overhaul, making the most of a gap in the weather this week. Thanks to Beth for these pics.
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Good to see it is Overhaul time again, any chance you can give the long term project Fox, Walker & Co 242/1873 a bit of work to make it run again?
I think a cosmetic restoration has been talked about, unfortunately to make it run would basically mean building a whole new loco.