Cut to pieces and turned into robots. |Steam scrapyard survivor repurposed. Battle of Britain 34058

RAILWAY MANIACS. Bulleid Light Pacific named "Sir Frederick Pile" 34058 a Battle of Britain class steam locomotive escaped the scrapyard in Barry, South Wales in 1986 after rusting away there for 22 years. Now nearly 40 years parts of it get cut up to be made into robot souvenirs to raise money for its continued restoration and back into use.
This video shows some machining processes and welding carried out by voluntary railway enthusiasts. It is NOT an instruction "How to" type video!
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[@levelcrossing150]

What a great idea. Maybe sandblasting those threads and the rest would make the job much easier for you, if you can get access to one of course.

[@railwaymaniacs7392]

Thanks. Good question. Sandblasting was an option that we considered early on as it would have solved that problem but the clean silver finish would give the souvenirs a very "new" look about them that would take away the "old" look that we were hoping to keep.

[@levelcrossing150]

@@railwaymaniacs7392 Good point. 👍

[@cms9902]

Make ideal steam locomotives. Wheels, boiler and some flat parts for cab and so forth.

[@railwaymaniacs7392]

Oh yes!!

[@Shark30006]

When will 34058 Sir Frederick Pile be restored to working order?

[@tony8074]

No gloves when using bench grinders!

[@railwaymaniacs7392]

Noted!