Restoration Begins on 34058 Sir Frederick Pile Southern Locomotives Ltd

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8 ай бұрын

Ex Barry Woodham Brothers scrapyard wreck has been successfully transported to Southern Locomotives Limited in Kent for its restoration. Watch as 34058 Sir Frederick Pile an Oliver Bulleid designed Battle of Britain Class steam locomotive begins its journey back to life as a working memorial to those that served in the armed forces during the Battle of Britain in 1940.
Southern Locomotives Limited along with the Friends of Sir Frederick Pile group aim to have to have this loco in steam pulling trains in a few short years.
Southern Locomotives can only do this with continued support and fund raising.
If you would like to help click the link below to visit the website
www.southern-locomotives.co.uk
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@railwaymaniacs7392 8 ай бұрын

Please "like" the video and leave a comment below 😊

@garryferrington811 8 ай бұрын

Wow! This thing has been sitting around since 1965?! And now you're going to restore it? Incredible!

@trainsontuesday 8 ай бұрын

That's a massive undertaking but well done to those willing to take it on.

@markburden6909 8 ай бұрын

My parents live near avon valley railway and I grew up there, I remember this being there when I was a kid and my dad would walk me around the yard looking at everything. I would marvel at the size of this loco, longing to see it working so this is great to see.

@railwaymaniacs7392 8 ай бұрын

It's nice to hear of stories like this as it reminds us of why we do what we do. We want people to enjoy seeing these wonderful machines working away helping to earn their keep and also help get new generations of kids interested in railways and engineering. Progress on the restoration of this loco is rapid and another video of its progress should be released soon. Don't forget to subscribe so you don't miss it.Keep an eye out for it 🙂🙂

@markburden6909 8 ай бұрын

@@railwaymaniacs7392 Thanks already subscribed and looking forward to the next video

@IS-L 8 ай бұрын

It a spitfire. We get them overhead ever summer. I love living in Kent.

@raymondleggs5508 8 ай бұрын

I can't wait to see her run in a few years!

@nigelparker5886 8 ай бұрын

I love the way the two younger chaps in the photo, have reduced the average age down to around 70!.? I’m 76; so I’m not taking the P! It’s the same in so many restoration projects that the requisite knowledge, expertise and desire tends to rest with the old guard eh? Come on all you youngsters, else who’s going to run and maintain this beautiful old yesteryear history for us all!? Cheers and good luck with it all!

@railwaymaniacs7392 8 ай бұрын

You're so right Nigel. One of the aims of this channel is to attract new blood to the heritage railway scene. We all seem to keep getting older. We need to pass on the knowledge, skills and enthusiasm to newer generations.

@johnsharp8632 8 ай бұрын

What an exciting project. Also how marvellous to see a Spitfire, Alan a B of B veteran and a B of B pacific locomotive all on one video.

@railwaymaniacs7392 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching John. We have some exciting B of B inspired projects in the pipeline 🙂

@kennethhume8628 8 ай бұрын

I’m looking forward to loads of future videos showing how you dismantle and rebuild this locomotive .

@james-to8pe 8 ай бұрын

I thought I remembered this loco at the Avon valley railway sitting in the siding 18 years ago, it would look amazing once restored

@railwaymaniacs7392 8 ай бұрын

It's time to bring back its shine and get it back into steam!

@stuartpeacock8257 8 ай бұрын

Definitely a Merlin engine. What a soundtrack

@levidarling5107 8 ай бұрын

I hope we find more classes of southern locomotives to restore.

@rynodynomyte2755 8 ай бұрын

Great to see another steam restoration getting started. If it's possible, you guys or someone else should save 34073 Squadron

@mattaustin2128 8 ай бұрын

249 Squadron?

@rynodynomyte2755 8 ай бұрын

@@mattaustin2128 Correct

@70053morayfirth 8 ай бұрын

Amazing to think we have acquired yet another Bulleid Pacific.

@railwaymaniacs7392 8 ай бұрын

As Jim Bowen used to say... "You can't beat a bit of Bully!"

@01timz 8 ай бұрын

Good to see some of of the Red Oxide I applied while in the Alresford headshunt has made it onto the video :)

@railwaymaniacs7392 8 ай бұрын

The work you done will make our job easier and has helped Fred keep some dignity and public interest.

@GRAHAM1514 8 ай бұрын

Great video and Well done to all involved , Best wishes Graham

@railwaymaniacs7392 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Graham. 😊

@andrewcliffe4753 8 ай бұрын

It’s all about the boiler

@railwaymaniacs7392 8 ай бұрын

You're not wrong!

@22pcirish 8 ай бұрын

It’s an opportunity to build a modern loco variation on an old theme. Oil firing, roller bearings and air/dual braking. Modern electric lights. Modernised controls. Dare to be different.

@railwaymaniacs7392 8 ай бұрын

To re engineer parts and systems that have been proved in service is a real minefield. The additional time, costs of design, testing and approval can be extremely high with no guarantee of success. We tend to stick with what we know and not take the risk.

@22pcirish 8 ай бұрын

@@railwaymaniacs7392 By the time you finish it, coal will be prohibitively expensive, if not unavailable. The heritage movement in America will sell you a kit of parts for oil burning, so that is all taken care of, testing wise. Electric lights are another kit of parts easily available. Look forward, not back!

@railwaymaniacs7392 7 ай бұрын

It would make for an exciting project. Maybe in the future probably near future we may have to look into how things need to change. The Bulleid Pacifics all have electric lights as they were built with a steam powered dynamo .

@22pcirish 7 ай бұрын

@@railwaymaniacs7392 You get my drift. I think it’s a great starting point to look into the future. Attract young people into the railway heritage world. There are plenty of Bulleids kicking about in original condition. So why not use one as a basis for some different thinking.

@Mookie1340 8 ай бұрын

Great video, love the detail on the loco.

@railwaymaniacs7392 8 ай бұрын

Thanks

@johnbishop6667 8 ай бұрын

I knew Sir Frederick he lived in Cottered near Buntingford where he died

@railwaymaniacs7392 8 ай бұрын

Hi John. We'd definitely like to know more. Could you contact us through the Web site www.southern-locomotives.co.uk Many thanks

@acampbell8614 8 ай бұрын

Astonishing that ex-Woodhams locos are still being restored from Barry condition. Woodhams stopped taking locos in 1965.

@marccherry7409 4 ай бұрын

Woodham continued taking steam locos after 1965, throughout 1966&1967 with the final consignment of steam locos 48151/305,61264,76077/9/80/4 & 92212 arriving in September 1968 the same month the first loco 43924 departed for preservation

@gaugeonesteam 8 ай бұрын

I went to Woodhams scrapyard in Barry in about 1975. There were loads of steam locos there at that time. especially several 0-6-2 GWR tank locos which looked almost complete. I read that every single loco at Barry got restored. I don't know if that's true but it would be nice to believe.

@railwaymaniacs7392 8 ай бұрын

Saved, not all restored. A small number weren't so lucky and did indeed get cut up at Woodhams. Our very own Merchant Navy Class loco Brocklebank Line was about to get cut up the next day but was saved when a large number of wagons arrived to be dispatched instead.

@jameshardy4354 8 ай бұрын

@@railwaymaniacs7392 wasent ottery st Mary scrapped at barrry

@railwaymaniacs7392 8 ай бұрын

When Woodhams ran out of trucks to cut up they would cut up a loco instead so some didn't survive😢 our Merchant Navy Class Brocklebank Line was one day away from being cut up at one point!

@jameshardy4354 8 ай бұрын

@@railwaymaniacs7392 yes 9f 92085 was cut up with a large prarie yes merchant navey brocklebank line was the next to be cut but thankfully more waggons entered the yard

@laurenceskinnerton73 8 ай бұрын

Very good.

@railwaymaniacs7392 8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@owenslanejunction7544 8 ай бұрын

Great work

@railwaymaniacs7392 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

@glynluff2595 8 ай бұрын

It will be interesting to see the chain drive of the middle cylinder.

@simonwass6315 8 ай бұрын

It's not got chain driven valve gear, it's a rebuild.

@glynluff2595 8 ай бұрын

@@simonwass6315 Oh that’s interesting. Does that give it the double chimney?

@simonwass6315 8 ай бұрын

@@glynluff2595 it hasn't got a double chimney, it's a multi jet lemaitre chimney - gives them a very soft chaffing sound

@glynluff2595 8 ай бұрын

@@simonwass6315 Ah! I shall have to dig out my book on Bullied and catch up again!

@kingofthemonsters3712 8 ай бұрын

At last

@donotwantahandle1111 8 ай бұрын

I didn't know these were 3 cylindered. Did BR adopt the design?

@railwaymaniacs7392 8 ай бұрын

BR carried on building them to the same design.

@petersmith4455 8 ай бұрын

hi,i reckon thats going to cost about two million or more pounds to get going.most of the parts to be made,, given the choice i would take on a Jinty if i was young enough now,

@railwaymaniacs7392 8 ай бұрын

A number of expensive parts for this loco were already acquired by its previous owner Mr Mike Vout, who we thank for rescuing it from Barry Scrapyard.

@eathan323 8 ай бұрын

Excellent news getting the loco back to working order how long do you think it will take to get back running

@railwaymaniacs7392 8 ай бұрын

We are really building up a good head of steam with our restorations, with our increasing number of enthusiastic volunteers and our highly skilled staff we are making a lot of progress BUT....we have a number of boilers that require overhaul by specialists that are declining in number and require a LOT of money to repair. Many thanks for watching and taking an interest 😊

@lastplacetrophy3821 8 ай бұрын

Any chance of an online store for some of that merch?

@railwaymaniacs7392 8 ай бұрын

A merch store is in the pipeline!!

@kathrynwhitby9799 8 ай бұрын

just how much of what's there will have to be dismantled?

@railwaymaniacs7392 8 ай бұрын

Hi Kathryn. We will be dismantling it down to its bare bones. Every part will have to be cleaned, de-rusted, and checked before even thinking of using it again.

@kathrynwhitby9799 8 ай бұрын

@@railwaymaniacs7392 oo, ill make sure i tune in for that. :D

@Shark30006 2 ай бұрын

Will 35025 Brocklebank Line be mainline certified after being restored to working order?

@railwaymaniacs7392 2 ай бұрын

Possibly.

@austin12ascot 8 ай бұрын

Great news. Will it be converted to a "rebuilt" without the cladding?

@railwaymaniacs7392 8 ай бұрын

It is a rebuilt. So will look the same as Sir Keith Park 34053.

@austin12ascot 8 ай бұрын

Fantastic. I think they look better, purely because you can see everything.@@railwaymaniacs7392

@johnjephcote7636 7 ай бұрын

@@railwaymaniacs7392 Altering the BR Walshaerts gear to Bulleid's enclosed chain-driven would be a mammoth task.

@Shark30006 2 ай бұрын

Will 34058 Sir Frederick Pile be mainline certified after being restored from scrapyard condition?

@railwaymaniacs7392 2 ай бұрын

Hopefully. It would be good to see it stretch it legs.

@richardharrold9736 8 ай бұрын

Please please please restore it to how Oliver Bulleid intended it to be and not just renovate it in butchered Jarvis form!

@railwaymaniacs7392 8 ай бұрын

We have 2 unrebuilt Bulleids (257 Squadron and Manston) already restored and in steam to enjoy.

@richardharrold9736 8 ай бұрын

@@railwaymaniacs7392 Manston looking extremely shabby and tatty, it must be said... but with 34010, 34028, 34053 and now 34058 all on your books, and 34058 missing all components, it's an opportunity to right the wrong BR and Jarvis committed.

@richardhands8932 8 ай бұрын

Some, including me, would say the revisions created an improved and better looking loco! Each to their own I guess.

@richardharrold9736 8 ай бұрын

@@richardhands8932 better looking is subjective. Improved? Objectively, no.

@railwaymaniacs7392 7 ай бұрын

@richardharrold9736 34058 is missing parts but Mike Vout (this loco's saviour) over years purchased many missing parts in preparation for this restoration. It's a shame he can't see his dream come true.😢

@jameshardy4354 8 ай бұрын

How many bullied pacifics do you now have

@railwaymaniacs7392 8 ай бұрын

Currently we have 3 in steam. Eddystone, Manston and 257 Squadron. 1 under overhaul, Sir Keith Park. 3 under restoration, Brocklebank Line, Sidmouth and Sir Frederick Pile. You can see all our locos on our Before and After video "Who does this"

@jameshardy4354 8 ай бұрын

@@railwaymaniacs7392 do you find mutch difference between the unrebuilt and the rebuilt becuse bullieds chain driven valve gear whas one of the engines achillies heal

@railwaymaniacs7392 8 ай бұрын

Hi James. Good question...we'll answer that in an upcoming video!

@TheDaf95xf 8 ай бұрын

Great locomotive even though I’m a LMS man as I live in Manchester 😊 But as all steam engines of this age are in need of lots of hard work 😮 But in a typical British way she’ll get done ✅