{"id":131,"date":"2015-09-04T12:11:07","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T12:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.class47preservationproject.co.uk\/?page_id=131"},"modified":"2025-04-24T13:37:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T13:37:46","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.class47preservationproject.co.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Welcome to our Website, last updated on 24th April 2025<\/strong><a style=\"display: inline !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.class47preservationproject.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/47771-at-Bristol-Bath-Road-e1441053922299.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-12\" src=\"https:\/\/www.class47preservationproject.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/47771-at-Bristol-Bath-Road-e1441053922299.jpg\" alt=\"Above: 47771 Heaton Traincare Depot at Bristol Bath Road, circa 1994. Photo: Photographer unknown, Class 47 Preservation Project Archive.\" width=\"1088\" height=\"726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.class47preservationproject.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/47771-at-Bristol-Bath-Road-e1441053922299.jpg 1186w, https:\/\/www.class47preservationproject.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/47771-at-Bristol-Bath-Road-e1441053922299-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.class47preservationproject.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/47771-at-Bristol-Bath-Road-e1441053922299-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.class47preservationproject.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/47771-at-Bristol-Bath-Road-e1441053922299-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1088px) 100vw, 1088px\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Above: 47771 <em>Heaton Traincare Depot<\/em> at Bristol Bath Road, circa 1994.\u00a0 \u00a0<em>Photo: Class 47 Preservation Project Archive.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>47771 is at Eastleigh Works<\/strong> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Below:  By late August 2024, the repainting of 47771&#8217;s  underbody,  buffer beams  and bogies was nearing its final stages.  On the 25th of that month, the No. 2 End buffer beam was  in  the early stages  of  having undercoat applied. 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