STEAM locomotive Shaw Savill, whose boiler has lain forlornly outside the Great Western Designer Outlet Village in Swindon, has been moved to its new home in Bury, Lancashire.
The 1942-built rusting Southern Railways locomotive, including the wheels and frame, were lifted by crane onto low loaders and transported to the workshops of train operating company Riley and Son (Railways), where it will be overhauled and given a new lease of life.
The company's managing director, Mike Devine, said: "This is a daunting project but certainly not the largest we have undertaken. The parts are now undergoing a preliminary check. It does appear there is a little more damage than we thought.
"Someone probably took a torch to it when it was in a scrapyard in South Wales.
"But that is only a small problem and we hope to have Shaw Savill back on the tracks in about three years."
During its rebuilding the locomotive will receive air braking, a modern Train Protection and Warning System and be provided with a new 10,000 gallon tender carriage to carry water and coal.
Once complete the Merchant Navy class locomotive will be put to good use on the East Lancashire Railway and on main-line tracks for special charters across the country.
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