Tyseley: A Few Hours With The "Earl"...

Hi all. Today was a chilly day spent at the former 84E at Tyseley Loco Works, amongst its resting fleet of main line express engines. Myself & Andrew were tasked with working on the wonderful Castle Class 4-6-0 No5043 "Earl of Mount Edgcumbe", continuing with her winter maintenance work. Later in the afternoon the weather turned to heavy snow which, thanks to an overactive wind, kindly blew through the shed vents to bring itself indoors! I left at around 4pm for home, ready to curl up by the fire with a whiskey. With the forecast for tomorrow in mind I believe my booked Evesham turn will be snowed off so perhaps my CFS (Cold Firebox Syndrome) will plague me for yet another week! Cheers all, Sam...