4253 Locomotive Company Limited

2 days ago

The weeks work was a continuation of both projects again .Tuesday the crinoline team continued with building all the firebox crinolines and completing the boiler barrel crinolines .This involved welding on stools, heating to get the bends correct, along with making various joining strips then drilling and tapping for the fixing screws .The work drilling the fixing holes for top beadings for 541 tender continued .The curved beadings had the fixing strips fully welded on and the holes were drilled .The grab handles for the front of the tender were painted and threads checked .We had some new lighting units given to us these were inspected and tested before we use them .Friday the work on the tender carried on with unbolting the beading and countersinking all the holes as the rivets are all flush on the outside .More pipework was bent, and trial fitted for the lubrication system for the front end of the loco .Team crinoline were hard at it again getting towards the final bits of the jigsaw together .The cladding bands were all welded together to the correct lengths as the component parts as we could only get the strip in 2mt lengths .Sunday we had a secret riveting day on 541 tender sorry no pictures as I was on the end of a heating torch making rivets glow .We riveted the lifting eyes on the back of the tender everyone was inside the water space .The holding brackets for the water gauge operating rod were riveted on yet again in the water space .The joining plate on the top of the smoke box was riveted on as well still no pictures as heating rivets but all done .The water gauge operating rod was extended to the correct length .The boiler cladding bands were dressed then painted after they had been welded together .The last 2 water trays were fitted to the inside of the boiler .The crinoline team did a lot of measuring and marking out of the boiler to determine where the angle is fitted to retain the firebox crinolines in place.Thanks to everyone who helped this week getting things done . ... See MoreSee Less

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4253 Locomotive Company

1 week ago

This week we carried on with the projects again for 3 days .Tuesday the team started the task of drilling the top beadings on the top of the tender sides .We worked from front to back pulling down the beading down where it was needed and drilling and bolting it in the correct position.The second side beading was trimmed and fitted and held down with various methods of devices ready for drilling to start . The regulator box had all the bolts trial fitted and cut to length for when it’s fitted in the smoke box .Team crinoline were working on various bits making joining strips, bending bits to the correct profile then checking for a good fit .The toilet seat was dressed and painted prior to fitting .4253 boiler had all the washout plugs and mud hole doors checked and numbered then fitted and the numbers and position entered on the master plan for all future works .The back sheet from the tender of 541 had the last of the rivets dressed then it was rubbed down and painted before it is put up on the tender .The front retaining strip for the water gauge float retaining bracket was cut up and will be drilled and fitted later.Friday the crinoline team were working on both the firebox crinolines and the boiler barrel crinolines .The toilet seat had the stools welded to it then the joining strips attached then drilled and tapped then threaded .The toilet seat was then put up in place on top of the boiler of 4253 and had the first part of the crinoline fitted .We marked out the position of the lubrication shut of valves on the smokebox side ready for drilling . (Lubrication for the front end of the loco ) The copper tube was annealed for the lubrication pipe runs and work started trial fitting it.Work continued on the tender beadings the first of the back curved sections was put together after lots of bending it to the correct shape the fixing strip was welded on, these never had them originally as they were welded on the tender .Sunday the firebox crinolines were continued to be manufactured, and trial fitted on the boiler to check the fit.The lubrication shut off cocks to the smokebox had the holes drilled and then fitted.The new handrail ends were machined, and the fixing stud holes drilled then then tapped out for the studs to be fitted .The second curved beading for the back of the tender was adjusted to fit correctly then the fixing strip welded on .More holes were drilled in the top beading both sides and bolted on before the countersinking starts .The finished parts on the front of the tender had a primer applied to stop it rusting away in the damp weather .The water gauge float arm support unit was completed just needs welding in the water space .Thanks to all who helped this week with all various jobs completed on both projects . ... See MoreSee Less

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