The 7705 group (Cardiff Railway Co.) need your help to recover as in February 2020 the shed in which the locomotive is currently being restored suffered a break in, with almost irreplaceable items stolen. 

A lot of money and time has gone into the restoration of a much loved and quite famous Cardiff steam locomotive, so imagine the groups horror and grief when they arrived to see the shed broken into and parts from the 7705 locomotive stolen and others scattered outside. 

Some of the pieces stolen are almost irreplaceable, with name plates, clacks, ejectors and other brass items being taken. The parts stolen were worth thousands of pounds.This will set the restoration of the locomotive back. We would ask that you make a donation, no matter how small, to help the group with the restoration. Please accept our thanks in advance. We hope to raise £500 to help fund some of the costs. All monies raised will go towards the restoration and replacement of the stolen parts (after just giving fees).

7705 was built by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn at Newcastle Upon Tyne in 1952. Its working life was spent at Ely Paper Mills, Cardiff. The National Museum Wales bought the locomotive from Ely Paper Mill in 1973. was loaned to the Caerphilly Railway Society from 1973 to 1983, and then loaned to the Gwili Railway from 1983 to 1984. From 1984 until 1998, 7705 was displayed at the Welsh Industrial and Maritime Museum in Cardiff, loved by all visitors young and old. The Vale of Glamorgan Railway then acquired 7705 before the current owners bought it just over 10 years ago, who have been restoring it at its current site.

The first/main photo was taken by the late John Wiltshire.

The photo at Caerphilly (half way) is by Brian Rolley.