BULLEID PACIFIC LOCOMOTIVE MANSTON'S TENDER LEAVES HERSTON WORKS AND MOVES ONTO THE SWANAGE RAILWAY - 1st September 2008

Photo Report from Andrew P.M. Wright - dated 4th September 2008
Official photographer & press officer, Swanage Railway.
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The tender for Southern Locomotive Ltd's unrebuilt Bulleid Pacific locomotive Manston in transit between Herston Works and Norden on Monday 1st September 2008.

Andrew P.M. Wright has supplied over 80 photos of the tender of Southern Locomotive Ltd's unrebuilt Bulleid Pacific locomotive Manston moving from Herston Works on Monday 1st September 2008.

To see the full set of photos, please scroll down to the bottom of the page.

Southern Locomotive Ltd's unrebuilt Bulleid Pacific locomotive Manston and its new tender stand gleaming in Herston Works on Monday 1st September 2008.

Unrebuilt Bulleid Pacific Battle of Britain class locomotive Manston - No 34070 - has been under restoration for some years at Herston works alongside sister locomotive 257 Squadron.

With the work almost complete, Manston's new tender left Herston Works and was transported by specialist haulier Allely's by road to Norden's road/rail interchange on Monday 1st September 2008.

Manston itself followed a day later on Tuesday 2nd September, and Andrew P.M. Wright has supplied numerous photos of both transfers.

Please see our separate item with many photographs of the transfer of Manston from Herston and its unloading at Norden on Tuesday 2nd September 2008 by clicking here..

Manston's tender is winched onto the road transporter at Herston Works to be moved to Norden on Monday 1st September 2008

Manston was the last locomotive to be built by the Southern Railway before Nationalisation. (acknowlegements to Southern Locomovites Manston pages here.)

Manston tender is passed by rebuilt Bulleid Pacific West Country Class locomotive Eddystone hauling a passenger service on the viaduct above.

During the journey by road, as the road transporter reached Corfe Castle, the tender was passed by rebuilt Bulleid Pacific West Country Class locomotive Eddystone hauling a passenger service on the viaduct above.

The transfer of Manston's tender by road from Herston Works to Norden on Monday 1st September 2008

Manston, in common with most Bulleid pacifics rescued from Barry, did not have a tender so the team at Herston are made a new one from scratch. Steel plate for the frames had to be specially rolled as imperial thicknesses are no longer produced.

The cost of the production was shared with other Bulleid locomotive owners who also needed tenders, and enough plate was produced to make six tender frames in total.

Southern Locomotive Ltd's unrebuilt Bulleid Pacific locomotive Manston's tender is unloaded from the transporter at Norden. Standard Class 4 Tank No. 80104 - built at Brighton in 1955 - shunts the tender on to the construction section of the line at Norden where it was kept until the next morning awaiting the arrival of Manston.

Standard Class 4 Tank No. 80104 - built at Brighton in 1955 - shunted the tender on to the construction section of the line (Norden to Motala) at Norden (west of the Norden park and ride access road) where it awaited the arrival of Manston on the following day, Tuesday 2nd September 2008.

When Manston arrived, the tender was joined to the locomotive before the pair went down to Swanage towed by Standard Class 4 Tank No. 80104.

Please see our separate item with many photographs of the loading of Manston at Herston and its unloading at Norden on Tuesday 2nd September 2008 by clicking here.

The following photos are copyright Andrew P.M. Wright.

To see the full set of photos, please scroll down to the bottom of the page.

All photographs are copyright Andrew P.M. Wright unless otherwise acknowledged.
Photos on these pages are low resolution versions.
Full resolution photos are available for media use

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Last Updated 6th Sept 2008 by Keith Morgan. © Swanage Railway