West Somerset Railway set to overhaul boiler for Carnarvon steam locomotive

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Carnarvon after a cosmestic restoration
Carnarvon after a cosmestic restoration // Credit: WLS

The Worcester Locomotive Society has announced that an agreement has been reached that will see the boiler for Kitson ‘Carnarvon’ overhauled at Works.

is currently restoring and assembling the chassis for the locomotive, and it is hoped that the locomotive will be in steam in the not-too-distant future.

Carnarvon was built in 1934, and the locomotive was last steamed in 1989 at the Bulmers Railway Centre. It is now owned by the Worcester Locomotive Society.

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