A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to help restore a 116-year-old steam locomotive.
The Shed47 Railway Restoration Group in Dunfermline is aiming to raise £10,000 to bring the historic locomotive from Lathalmond Railway Museum, known as No.29, back to life once more.
This final phase of the project involves sending the boiler away to engineering experts for the remaining work to be carried out.
The group hopes to complete the restoration over winter.
The crowdfunding campaign can be found here.
Once the tested boiler returns to Lathalmond, the locomotive will be re-assembled, ready to take visitors around the museum.
The locomotive has a rich history, having been built in 1908 for the Fife Coal Company's Mary Pit in Lochore.
It spent many years working there before moving to various other locations, such as Cowdenbeath Central Workshops and Frances Colliery in Kirkcaldy.
The Shed47 fundraiser said: "It will therefore be very fitting to see it alive again in the area it used to work, evoking many memories of those that remember this loco and others like it at the many local pits."
This locomotive now sits inside Shed 47 with various work progressing, awaiting boiler repairs before final reassembly and return to steam service.
The boiler has been pressure-tested by a boiler inspector and, after a few minor repairs, is expected to receive a ten-year boiler certificate early next year, subject to available funds.
The boiler will be sent to experts in Lincoln for this work, and a fire will be lit in the boiler for the first time in more than 50 years.
Upon its return to Shed47, the locomotive will be reassembled by volunteers.
All funds raised will be used to achieve a 'back in steam' certificate, valid for ten years.
Meanwhile, the frames and the motion are being serviced and repainted in preparation for the final reassembly.
The locomotive will be painted in NCB 'Leaf Green' and will operate alongside the new narrow gauge steam locomotive.
The Shed47 Railway Restoration Group was founded in 1997 at the former Lathalmond Royal Navy Stores Department.
Over the past 28 years, the site has seen this group of volunteers restore a collection of diesel locomotives.
These include Barclay, Hunslet, and Ruston diesel locomotives, all of which were donated by Babcock’s at Rosyth.
The group is now appealing to the public to help bring steam back to Dunfermline and West Fife.
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