BR Standard Class 5 73082 Camelot

BR Standard Class 5 73082 Camelot

300px 73082 on shed at Sheffield Park.

Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Derby Works Build date June 1955

Specifications Tender type BR1B

Career Operators British Railways Power class 5MT Numbers 73082 Withdrawn 19 June 1966 Disposition In Service at The Bluebell Railway

No. 73082 Camelot is a preserved British Railways Standard Class 5 4-6-0 based on the Bluebell Railway in Sussex, England, and owned by the 73082 Camelot Locomotive Society. She was outshopped from Derby Works in 1955, and worked on the Southern Region of British Railways. In August 1959 she received the name Camelot from withdrawn Urie King Arthur Class engine no. 30742.

Withdrawal

In 1966, she was sent to Woodham Brothers for scrapping. She languished at Barry Docks until 1979 when purchased by the 73082 Camelot Locomotive Society, and moved to the Bluebell Railway for restoration alongside Battle of Britain Pacific 34059 Sir Archibald Sinclair.

Restoration

She returned to steam in 1995 after a protracted overhaul at Sheffield Park and put in almost ten years of service on the Bluebell until withdrawal for overhaul in June 2005. She is currently undergoing an overhaul and is expected to return to steam again in 2013 or 2014. As of July 2012, the frames are on 1 wheel set & in the shed at Sheffield park, while the boiler is awaiting work to start. In 2013, a small group of 9F club members (club for young volunteers) began working on Camelot. This includes painting the ashpan, new backhead & rebuilding the cab. The Boiler is to be sent to Crewe for the repair to be done & should be back by early 2014. a return to service is likely to be in June 2015, 60 years since being built at derby. As of October 2014, Reassembling work on the rolling chassis is nearly complete. Boiler work is quickly progressing with a complete date anticipated for January or February 2015. Once the boiler comes back, The loco will be rapidly reassembled with a steaming date for June 2015.

Camelot returned to service on the 25th October 2015.

External links

• 73082 Camelot Locomotive Society
• Bluebell Railway webpage for Camelot