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During 2014 the [[Charitable Trust]] secured a £95,000 grant from the The [[:Category:Lottery funding#National_Lottery_Heritage_Fund|National Heritage Fund]] towards the overhaul of 4930, which would be used to fund the cost of apprentices working on the loco as part of their training. The tender tank was removed using the [[Cowans Sheldon 30-ton steam crane RS 1087|30-ton steam crane]], and the tender wheelsets were sent to South Devon Railway for new tyres to be fitted. Work on the tender chassis then started, by a combination of the paid staff and Friends' junior members.<ref>SVR News 185, 186, 187, 188</ref>
During 2015 work was again mainly focussed on the tender chassis. By spring, fabrication of a new tender tank was under way at Adam Dalgleish Engineering and the wheelsets were returned. By the end of the year the locomotive's boiler has been removed, mostly by volunteer labour, to allow volunteer work to begin on the boiler, and also to allow a more detailed examination of the severely-corroded exhaust passages.<ref>SVR News 189, 190, 191, 192</ref>
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