Restoration

We owe much to the members of the many preservation societies who put hours of work and much money into restoring the wicked waste of the sixties. The Std class fours form the backbone of many preserved railways principally because many were sent to the scrap yard having only done only ten or twelve years in service and sometimes less, 80150 did just eight.

Where the work begins. 80150 has been in storage since leaving the scrap line. The loco had never left Barry its one of "The barry 10" that were stored in the old Diesel depot.

No.80150 was completed at Brighton Works in January 1957 & worked for only 8 years before being condemned in October 1965 due to the rapid dieselisation of BR.
In 1987 an initial survey was carried out to assess the condition with the aim of establishing the priority for restoration.

Item	Description of Condition
Front tube plate	Good
Front of boiler	Not visible
Back f boiler	Good
Copper tube plate	Good
Copper back plate	Damage to laps, can be repaired
Copper side plates	Satisfactory
Crown	Good
Smokebox	Extensive damage caused by burning to remove smokebox door & rim
Crown stays	To examine after removal of tubes for access to barrel
Stays	To examine after removal of tubes for access to barrel
Tubes	To renew
Asbestos	None, fibreglass used
Barrel	Not visible
Side tanks	Patching required
Roof of cab	Missing

 
And so the work begins