Nothing had quite prepared me for the experience of an

open day! The crowds were huge and getting a clear picture proved a challenge. The other challenge was that the Exa camera's low light performance was abysmal! With my teacher, Mr. Brush, looking on 47365 and 47233 have been lifted from their bogies, had their internals removed and are well into a full overhaul. As can be seen, non-boilered 47365 is soon to lose its dual green livery in favour of BR blue. This locomotive survived on until 2007 after becoming an EWS engine. It was in long-term storage for many years. 47223 was steam heat engine that survived until 2005, again, after an extensive time in storage.