New Build of Additional Member of Class
None of the class have survived into preservation. A registered charity, the 82045 Locomotive Trust, is building a "new" class 3 tank locomotive to carry the next number in line had it been built under BR auspices. The Trust believes that a sprightly performance will be delivered through the 17½" x 26" cylinders. This; coupled with their modest axle load will make it an ideal design for today's heritage railways.
The frames, on display at the Severn Valley Railway, are now nearing completion and preparation is underway to commence riveting shortly. Further parts and patterns continue to be amassed. With construction work on the new engine advancing every week the Trust classifies 82045 as the 1001st steam locomotive to a BR Standard design since the commencement of its construction follows that of 72010 Hengist. http://www.82045.org.uk/news/82045_news-mar09.html .
Unlike a number of other "new-build" projects the group building 82045 will equip the locomotive with a traditional riveted boiler complete with copper firebox.
The 16-spoke driving wheels from BR standard class 4 2-6-0 No.76080 – which was broken up at Barry scrapyard in the early 80s – and now stored at Eardington Halt, were to be used for the new build. However, the subsequent discovery that the BR standard class 3s were fitted with 17-spoke wheels of the same diameter has led to the decision that these will not be used. A pattern for the new wheel castings has been completed http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/bridgnorth_pattern_shop_2008.html. This is presently an exhibit at the Engine House near Highley station and will remain there until it is sent to the foundry to be cast from. The Engine House management have agreed for the wheelset from 76080 to become an external exhibit there.
The 82045 Locomotive Trust believes that significant costs will be avoided as many of the required cast parts can be made from patterns held by fellow members of the British Railways Standard Locomotive Owners Group (BRSLOG) including the pattern for the Pony Truck Wheels.
Read more about this topic: BR Standard Class 3 2-6-2T
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