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SVR sub-contracted the construction of the new cab/bunker to the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway.
In May 2021 Beamish Museum announced they had received a grant of £150,000 to complete the work and was waiting for the SVR to allocate it a place in their workstream. The work to this point had been chassis-focussed, with the aim being to install the new cylinder block and wheel Dunrobin, before completing the boiler (which was nearly finished) and final assembly.<ref>[http://beamishtransportonline.co.uk/2021/05/dunrobin-ten-years-on/ Beamish Transport Online blog, ''DUNROBIN – TEN YEARS ON'', Paul Jarman, 19 May 2021]</ref>
Work recommenced at Bridgnorth in Autumn 2022, with Dunrobin re-entering the Loco workshops at Bridgnorth.<ref>[http://beamishtransportonline.co.uk/2022/10/ti-news-24-2022/ Beamish Transport Online blog 22 October 2022] (Retrieved 2 November 2022)</ref> In June 2023 an important milestone was reached with the re-wheeling of the chassis after a number of years on an accommodation bogie.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/bljun23 Branch Lines June 2023]</ref> This followed the fitting of the new cylinder block and alignment of slide bars. Yet more new metal is the replacement of the bunker and rear-cab section: the SVR sub-contracted the construction to the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway, who had earlier made the new tanks.<ref>[httphttps://beamishtransportonline.co.uk/2023category/05/ti-news-11-2023dunrobin/ Beamish Transport Online blog, T&I NEWS 11 2023, Paul Jarmanand 2 2024, 27 May 2023and 29 February 2024](Retrieved 31 March 2024)</ref>
[http://beamishtransportonline.co.uk/category/dunrobin/ Beamish Transport Online blog] has regular updates on progress of the work.
