The Lister as normally found, amongst the shrubbery!

View from the rear

With some temporary track panels loosely laid down we can start to extract the Lister

Ready to roll backwards onto the temporary track. Here the lightweight nature of these locos is very useful indeed. The trailer waits in the background for loading

It was necessary to turn the loco twice through 90 degrees to get it to a suitable location for winching onto our trailer. This was carried out using an 'easy-out' turnplate

Turned once toward the road and ready to cross the pavement

The first half of the move complete. The 'easy-out' turnplate and temporary track can be seen behind

Having crossed the pavement it was necessary to turn through 90 degrees again to bring the Lister parallel to the road for loading

With the trailer and ramp set up it was time to winch the Lister onto the bed

Safely loaded and strapped down ready for the short journey to Amberley

Off-loaded and parked up in front of the running shed at Amberley. The loco at this stage was not a runner with a seized engine and gearbox

Examination of the gearbox showed it had sat filled with a large amount of water and sludge for quite some time. The 'box was eventually freed up but will required further work by the owner

Lister 41803 being shunted by Brian Faulkner's Lister Blackstone w/n 56371 over the July Lister gala weekend at Amberley

After gala weekend further work continued. The seized engine was removed ready for the running single cylinder replacement supplied by the owner to be fitted

Fitting of the single cylinder replacement engine was quick and straight forward only requiring two extra holes to be drilled in the engine cross-bearers

With the running engine fitted and bolted up we were able to have a test run. The loco couldn't move under it's own power at this stage due to the lack of a primary drive chain to link the engine and gearbox togther - something the owner has yet to source