photograph by Colin Duff

1. Valve gear replaced by 3 independent sets of Walschaerts gear
2. A saddle fitted forward of the inside cylinder to eliminate frame fractures

3. A new circliar smokebox with a cast iron mlitiple jet chimney, but retaining the existing oval smokebox door

4. Replacement of the steam reversing gear, something that was not possible prior to rebuilding
5. New superheater feeder and outside steam pipes to the outside cylinders
6. Replaced piston heads and rods
7. Oil bath eliminated
8. Elimination of air-smoothed casing to be replaced by conventional boiler casing and large smoke deflectors very much along the lines of contemporary BR standard classes, though the original cabs were retained albeit with lower part of the curved side sheeting cut away
9. Two new mechanical lubricators for cylinders and axleboxes
10. Regliator replaced
11. New ashpan
12. Replaced cylinder cocks
13. New sandboxes
14. Modified tenders (a quantity of which were available before the locomotives were modified so this type of tender also ran for a short while with the class in its original form)

One negative aspect was the need to fit balance weights to the BFB wheels, thus destroying the zero hammer blow of the originals. In its modified form the locomotive class proved to be more reliable and remained fast and powerful. Its service life in modified form was pitifully short, with the first withdrawals 35002 and 35015 being in February 1964. (It is interesting to note that at the time the rebuilding was being planned in 1954/5, the locos were expected to be in service until 1987). The final withdrawals of the last seven members of the class (35003, 35007, 35008, 35013, 35023, 35028 & 35030) were in July 1967 with the honour of the last service train being worked by 35030 on the 2:11p.m. Weymouth-Waterloo on 9 July 1967.

We are fortunate that eleven members of the class remain in various stages of preservation ranging from operating in main line service to stored pending restoration:
35005 Canadian Pacific (in service)
35006 Peninsular and Orient S. N. Co. (being restored)
35009 Shaw Savill (being restored)
35010 Blue Star (being restored)
35011 General Steam Navigation (stored pending restoration)
35018 British India Line (being restored)
35022 Holland-Amerika Line (being restored)
35025 Brocklebank Line (being restored)
35027 Port Line (currently being overhauled)
35028 Clan Line (in service)
35029 Ellerman Lines (a sectioned exhibit at the National Railway Museum).

photograph by Colin Duff

.....to the rear of the tender.

photographs by Colin Duff

photograph by David Glasspool

photograph by Colin Duff

photograph by Colin Duff

photograph by Colin Duff