2016 Blog
December 2016
- Last remnants of copper firebox stays removed
- Driver’s side rear cylinder cover repaired
- Repair section for lower boiler barrel fabricated and prepped
- Initial machining of under keeps completed
November 2016
- Machining and trial fitting of axle boxes continues
- New cylinder drain cock operating mechanism finished
- Lap seam rivets at throat plate end of firebox replaced
- Driver’s side rear cylinder cover repaired
October 2016
- Start made on removing firebox lap seam rivets
- Painting of wheelsets finished
- First axle box fully machined and trial fitted
- Full set of right side coupling rods obtained
September 2016
- Pony truck fully reassembled
- Boiler house roof extension built and fitted
- New boiler backhead now on site
- Final painting of wheel sets started
August 2016
- Machining of horns completed
- New drain cock brackets fabricated
- New cab doors made
- Motion brackets and rear sand boxes re-fitted
July 2016
- New cylinder cladding completed
- Throat plate removed from boiler
- Fabrication of new cab window frames continues
- Trailing axle horns ground
June 2016
- Both lower side wrappers removed from boiler
- First replacement arm welded onto brake shaft
- Left leading horn tie repaired
- New brake shaft arms machined
May 2016
- Reaming out of smokebox mounting holes started
- New cylinder cladding fabricated
- Intermediate axle horns ground
- New brake and spring hanger pins made
April 2016
- Front sand boxes installed
- Horn tie studs refurbished/replaced as necessary
- Horn and axle lubrication couplings/units refurbished
- All axle box rubbing plates riveted in place
- Grinding of horn faces continues
March 2016
- All axle and crank pins successfully NDT tested
- New sand boxes finished
- New set of spring hanger pins made
- All copper and steel stays now removed from firebox
- Refurb of gauge frame, damper doors and handbrake started
February 2016
- New boiler throatplate, side wrappers, tube plate & longitudinal stays delivered
- Bronze rubbing plates fitted to all axleboxes
- Top beading riveted to both water tanks
- Final riveting of new sandboxes completed
January 2016
- Cab window frames refurbished
- Smokebox attachment ring machined and fitted
- Rivet holes for above all marked and drilled
- Couplings fitted to new draw hooks and trial fitted