50035 Ark Royal
 As
handed over at Old Oak Common Depot, Ark Royal was cosmetically tidy thanks to
the dedicated work of a handful of volunteers. Unfortunately most of her
problems were internal and it would be a long term job to get her fully
operational.
Photo Nicholas Green.
 '35
although the first class 50 to be preserved has been one of the slowest to get
back into a operational state. Here she is seen with 50044 at the March 1994 AGM
outside the shed at St. Leonards.
Photo Jon Dunster.
 The clag from the fifties
started from cold inside the shed could fill it to the point of sub one meter visibility.
Here 35 starts the process.
Photo Joseph Burr
 Summer
1995 sees 50035 in primer framed in the doorway in this night shot.
Photo Jon Dunster.
 Unusual
location for a diesel engine. On a turntable! Between services during the
October 1996 Severn Valley Railway Diesel Gala.
Photo Jon Dunster.
 '35's
radiators being removed for overhaul.
Photo Nicholas Green.
 Ark
Royal undergoing an Ultrasonic Axle Test in the new carriage shed at
Kidderminster prior to her journey to Old Oak Common.
Photo Joseph Burr
 Back
in Service. 50035 waits for the passing service and the token for access to head
south from Hampton Loade on the Severn Valley Railway. 21st July 2001.
Photo Nicholas Green
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