Does anyone know the current status of SP / T&NO #786 and the repairs being done on it?

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> Does anyone know the current status of SP /
> T&NO #786 and the repairs being done on
> it?

the Austin Steam Train association has received the money to repair the cracked cylinder saddle and perform a full overhaul. Rain has held up the actula beginning of the repair work as we work without a shelter for the moment. We anticipate repairs commencing soon,with a return to action sometime this year. The boiler will be removed from the frame,with the saddle shipped to an ironworks where it will be welded. the bolier will then be retubed,with a new Fom 4 calculated for the engine,plus some running gear work.

Kenneth Cotton
Locomotive Engineer
Austin Steam Train Association


kbcotton@flash.net