W5 CLASS PECKETT LOCOMOTIVE TO BE SOLD ON EBAY TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE SWANAGE RAILWAY

Report from Steve Doughty - dated 31st January 2009
Council of Management, Swanage Railway Trust
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W5 class Peckett locomotive to be auctioned on eBay for Swanage Railway funds
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Steve Doughty writes:

To all supporters of the Swanage Railway:

The aims of the Swanage Railway are to preserve and restore items of historical, architectural, engineering or scientific value in connection with railways and advance the education of the public in the history and development of railway transportation, with particular regard to Purbeck and the Southern Region of British Railways and its predecessors.

To further these aims, and in order to raise funds for other current projects, the Swanage Railway Trust has decided to sell its W5 class Peckett locomotive which was dismantled some time ago and is currently located at Swanage.

The eBay listing follows: Click here to visit the eBay page.

This is a standard gauge Peckett industrial saddle tank locomotive believed to be of class W5, construction number 1611 of 1923.

It is in a fully dismantled state and in need of full restoration.

W5 class Peckett locomotive to be auctioned on eBay for Swanage Railway funds
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A photograph of a similar locomotive in restored operational condition (1438 of 1912) can be found at http://www.martynbane.co.uk/peckett/locos.htm.

When new 1611 was delivered to Courtaulds in Coventry, subsequently finding its way to Albright and Wilson in Portishead. Preservation life has seen it based at Bugle, Bodmin. It is currently at Swanage. It is owned by the Swanage Railway Trust, which has decided to sell it to raise funds for other projects.

Inventory of Parts for Peckett Works No.1611 of 1923 ‘Progress’

• Frames, mounted on wheelsets.
• Other items mounted on frames => 4 buffers (1 damaged), 2 outside cylinders, Brake hangers, Handbrake
• Locomotive boiler (inner firebox removed, outer firebox suitable only for scrap)
• Inner firebox (suitable only for scrap)
• Saddle tank
• Cab
• Slide valves x2
• Crossheads x2
• Connecting rods x2
• Coupling rods x3
• Reverser handle and quadrant
• Reverser reach rod
• Eccentric rods x4
• Expansion link x2
• Dome cover/safety valve mount
• Injector delivery pipes x2
• Tank balance pipe

The auction will close on Tuesday 10-Feb-09 10:15:31 GMT and funds will be donated to the Swanage Railway Trust.

W5 class Peckett locomotive to be auctioned on eBay for Swanage Railway funds
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Donations to the Trust's projects can also be made directly to the Swanage Railway Trust, Station House, Swanage, Dorset BH19 1HB or on-line by debit or credit card via the Trust’s website at ‘www.swanagerailwaytrust.org.uk’ by following this link.

The Swanage Railway Trust website now has an Appeals section with the ability to make online donations to the Devon Belle Fund, the Churchill Project, the Heritage Coach Fund and to the General Fund.

Donations are processed via PayPal and the payment process includes an electronic Gift Aid form that conforms to HMR&C requirements. Donors do not need a PayPal account.

Please click here to visit the Swanage Railway Trust Appeals section at http://www.swanagerailwaytrust.org.uk/appeals/index.htm

Thanks

Steve

Contact details:
Steve Doughty
Council of Management
Swanage Railway Trust
Station House
Swanage
DORSET
BH19 1HB
Tel: 07860-108754
Email: stephen.doughty1@btopenworld.com