Down_Under Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 (edited) So, some good news!It looks like SCALDWELL the 3ft gauge Peckett that has been languishing at the Amberley Centre for a while has a new home at Southwold https://www.southwoldrailway.co.uk/scaldwell/ Here is a link to a post I made in the NG forum that also has a link to the Southwold Railway. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/87906-kettering-area-ironstone-railways/&do=findComment&comment=2556524 EDIT - Corrected typos - thank people for pointing out. Added link to my other post in the NG Forum. Edited January 17, 2017 by Down_Under Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctransuk Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 So, some good news! It looks like Scadwell the 3ft gauge Peckett that has been languishing at the Amberly Centre for a while has a new home If we're talking of SCALDWELL; (Peckett 1315 of 1913); it would be nice to learn a little more than that it is potentially on the move !! Regards, John Isherwood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall5 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 It's supposed to be going to Southwold. I hope they actually do something with it but I'll not hold my breath. Ray. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaddeus Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Southwold Railway a-steam-locomotive-for-the-trust Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted January 1, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 1, 2017 (edited) A couple of photos, from our family visits to Amberley over the years. It is good to see Scaldwell going to a new home and restoration. Scaldwell Peckett 0-6-0ST bunker end Amberley 17.8.2011 Edited January 1, 2017 by phil_sutters 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 this was announced about a month ago, i forgot to post something about it so good thing someone else did Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45669 Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 If anyone hasn't seen them, here are a couple of pictures of SCALDWELL when first preserved at Brockham in Surrey : R1299. SCALWELL arriving at Brockham. 21st March, 1964. by Ron Fisher, on Flickr R1301. SCALWELL on arrival at Brockham. 21st March, 1964. by Ron Fisher, on Flickr R1302. SCALWELL on arrival at Brockham. 21st March, 1964. by Ron Fisher, on Flickr And this is sister locomotive LAMPORT that didn't fare so well : R1338. LAMPORT at Scaldwell. 4th April, 1964. by Ron Fisher, on Flickr Click on the pictures to enlarge them. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctransuk Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 So, some good news! It looks like Scadwell the 3ft gauge Peckett that has been languishing at the Amberly Centre for a while has a new home Please correct the title of this thread - it hardly inspires confidence in the content when the title is missing a letter. Thanks, John Isherwood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 and anybody searching for the thread wont find it with a letter missing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down_Under Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 (edited) My Apologies everyone - for the miss-typed title - I was typing on my phone just I was heading to work last week - and I managed to delete some of my original post, including a link to the narrow gauge forum. Thanks for those for pointing out the error. I work away in an area of the world that struggles with internet (Jungle Interior of Guyana). Corrected - Sorry once again. Thanks for the pictures 45669 Edited January 17, 2017 by Down_Under Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down_Under Posted June 11, 2017 Author Share Posted June 11, 2017 Looks like some progress is being made! https://www.southwoldrailway.co.uk/the-co-operative-connection-another-successful-pop-up-shop-the-first-railway-van-onsite/ Scadwell move looks to be imminent. J Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down_Under Posted July 15, 2017 Author Share Posted July 15, 2017 Good News Everyone https://www.southwoldrailway.co.uk/scaldwell-arrives/ 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down_Under Posted July 16, 2017 Author Share Posted July 16, 2017 I'm not sure how many years it has sat there (did it ever steam in preservation?) that the motion as moving parts still moved. Fantastic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted July 18, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 18, 2017 Scaldwell moved off the lorry onto temporary track in steam on delivery to Brockham Museum in 1964 but never since then so far as I'm aware. Will be good to see her restored one day. Dava Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
decauville1126 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Scaldwell moved off the lorry onto temporary track in steam on delivery to Brockham Museum in 1964 but never since then so far as I'm aware. Will be good to see her restored one day. Dava A discussion on this last Sunday with someone who was there seems to indicate it was steamed twice to get it into Gould's Shed. The only time it 'moved' at Amberley is when it was put on a lowloader trailer and moved to the other end of the site during filming for 'A View To A Kill' - the last time Roger Moore was to play the lead role. Much oil has been poured into and over it during the years. The brakes were freed off with a sledgehammer whilst waiting for the craneage and I pointed out the right-hand crosshead had dropped slightly away from the upper slidebar once it was loaded onto Milner's trailer. This had also allowed the axleboxes to drop to the bottom of the hornblocks, so we knew it wasn't as tight as first thought. And the bottom right-hand slidebar is from 'Lamport' as are possibly some other components. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down_Under Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 So more of a patina rebuild rather than full strip down restoration? I'm guessing there are parts that will need full restoration, but sounds like some will need a strip, clean regrease and bolt back on? Even after all this time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted July 21, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 21, 2017 The tank looks like a colander! It will need a total rebuild, the boiler will be in a state after sitting so long. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rope runner Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 (edited) The tank looks like a colander! It will need a total rebuild, the boiler will be in a state after sitting so long. One suspects what the boiler is lagged with may be more of a problem. Paul A. Edited August 3, 2017 by 1whitemoor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down_Under Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share Posted August 3, 2017 I was/am hoping that all the mechanical bits - pistons, axle boxes etc may not be in too bad a condition, even after sitting for some time. If they've been covered in oil and grease on hopes the Machu ed parts won't be too pitted and given its lack of use over years not worn. Hopefully some pictures soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down_Under Posted December 1, 2017 Author Share Posted December 1, 2017 (edited) As the title of the blog states - looks like a step backwards. Not sure that things are looking positive in the short term for Scaldwell. There is a new blog post on the Southwold Railway Website: Back to the old days at the Trust "On November 3rd, James Hewett resigned as Chairman and as a Trustee of the Southwold Railway Trust. For several years, he had been attempting to modernise the management of the Trust, and inject some professionalism into the way it was run: these are essential changes as the organisation moves from … You can read this new post at https://www.southwoldrailway.co.uk/back-to-the-old-days-at-the-trust/ All the best and many thanks for your interest in Southwold Railway. From the SR Team". If anyone has any more information, please share. Obviously not great for Scaldwell - partly dismantled and now in the care of people that it would seem (unless anyone has another view?) do not have the resto of this machine as a priority. Cheers, James EDIT - looks like the Blog article has been pulled off the web. EDIT 2 - typo. Edited December 1, 2017 by Down_Under Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted December 1, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 1, 2017 We seem to have reverted to Scadwell? It was certainly called Scaldwell, not Scadwell, when arriving at Brockham in 1964, as I’m sure I was there, walking distance from my home on the A25. I do not recall whether a fire had been raised, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down_Under Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 (edited) Anyone heard anything or know what is happening? Edited December 5, 2017 by Down_Under Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down_Under Posted December 11, 2017 Author Share Posted December 11, 2017 Seems like things are still ticking along - new blog post out https://www.southwoldrailway.co.uk/a-giant-cheque-as-winter-draws-in/ Plus some pictures of the ongoing resto of Scaldwell can be found here: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1137825416307590 Looks to be in not too bad a condition... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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