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		<title>Oystermouth Update: Battlefield Gala Preparations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oli Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gareth Broughton (C56G Chief Technical Officer) and Edward Stevenson continued with preperations to get 56040 ready for the Battlefield Gala (15th /16th May). The loco started up first time and air built up ok and after clearing a couple of small faults the loco was able to take power.  However one of the compressors had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>56040 wins the Clagging Cup</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oli Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[56040, along with 56086, attended the Battlefield Gala over the weekend of 18-20/09/09. On the Friday the &#8216;Clagging Cup&#8217; competition was held at Shackerstone where the engines booked to take part in the gala each had to produce the maximum amount of clag possible. There was a judging panel and when it was 56040&#8217;s turn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>56040 to visit Battlefield Line for repairs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oli Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After investigating a number of options with regards to the work required to replace No. 1 &#38; 2 traction motors on 56040, an opportunity has arisen which allowed the work to be undertaken at reasonable cost providing 56040 was made available to appear at the Battlefield Line&#8217;s upcoming Diesel Gala on 18th to 20th September.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>56040&#8217;s passenger debut</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oli Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well what can I say! A fantastic weekend was enjoyed by everyone who attended this gala. 56040 performed perfectly with no faults reported even though it had two traction motors isolated. The mechanical, electrical and paint team pulled out all the stops to get 56040 fettled for the gala and work continued well into the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>56040 starts for the first time since storage by EWS</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oli Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A momentous event in history occurred on 4th May 2008 at approximately 21.00 when 56040&#8217;s engine was started for the first time. There had been a workparty on this particular weekend however most people had gone home by 21.00 and there were only a few people remaining to observe the spectacle. The engine was idling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dereham Workparty Weekend 15th &#8211; 16th November 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.class56group.co.uk/archives/1133</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oli Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The usual suspects turned up with a few bit part players from time to time. Good to see Keith Wright return to the fold. Anyway, Saturday began with us topping up the anti-freeze that&#8217;d been delivered during the week, and then the water was topped up also.
We went for a start up around 1600/1630 hrs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dereham Workparty Weekend 24th &#8211; 25th October 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oli Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a small report written by my own fair hand, sorry it&#8217;s been a while only I&#8217;ve been on a foreign holiday………&#8230;over to the Isle of Wight (well from Basildon to me it&#8217;s a foreign place it&#8217;s off the main land).
Any way the attendees/ criminal&#8217;s at this little soiree and believe me it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dereham Workparty Weekend 17th &#8211; 18th October 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.class56group.co.uk/archives/1089</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oli Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A small band of hardy volunteers braved the elements on this particular weekend. Present were Gareth Broughton, Oily Smith, Alan Flockhart, Rod Eastman, Sean Sharples, Josh Quirk, Mick Doyle, Robin Fransham.
Saturday
Oli and Alan got down and started removing the engine room floor panels on &#8216;B&#8217; side. A lot of sludge has collected under here over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dereham Workparty Weekend 23rd &#8211; 24th August 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.class56group.co.uk/archives/1057</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oli Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The day greeted us with rain and whilst the others went for breaky at Morrisons I set to work on removing some more distorted alloy foot plates from the cab steps, the top plate and bolts chiseled off ok, but the second step was a real expletive deleted to get off, in fact it nearly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dereham Workparty Weekend 16th &#8211; 17th August 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.class56group.co.uk/archives/1054</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oli Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Present were: Keith Bulmer, Gareth Broughton, Robin Fransham, Paul Johnson, Oli Smith, Keith Wright, Mark Hallett, Andy Pix, Andy&#8217;s Dad David, Graham Miles, Jane Bibey, John Hooson, John Hooson&#8217;s son-in-law.
Friday evening
Batteries put on charge ready for the numerous start ups required for testing of systems during the weekend
Sat am
Started her up, but she was missing [...]]]></description>
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