With the 150th anniversary of Stroudley’s famed “Terriers” fast approaching in 2022 an in-depth evaluation has been started on first of the class Fenchurch, by the Bluebell Railway’s Locomotive Works, with a view to returning her to steam for the anniversary! Over the course of a week the boiler was removed for evaluation and the loco re-assembled for static display with’in the Steam Works facility.
Fenchurch stands out in the yard in her previous Umber guise awaiting the move into the works.
A couple of weeks later, minus her boiler, tucked away back in the running shed.