December 2018

• Eccentrics, expansion links and eccentric rods fitted
• Splasher to protect vacuum pump made and trial fitted
• Boiler barrel repair section welded in under supervision of boiler inspector
• Lower slide bar on fireman’s side aligned and fitted

November 2018

• Eccentric strap white metal bearings scraped to fit
• New thrust washers machined for motion components
• Splash covers made for rear wheels
• New slide bar pins made

October 2018

• Scraping in of eccentric bearings started
• Driver’s side valve chest rebored
• Draincock assemblies fitted
• New die blocks fitted to expansion links

September 2018

• Fireman’s side valve chest rebored
• New expansion link die blocks bored
• New bushes made and fitted to the inside motion
• New smokebox dart bar finished

August 2018

• Start made on installing boring machine to bore valve chests
• Superheater header cleaned out
• New motion pins made
• Welding of new ashpan completed

July 2018

• New smokebox dart bar finished
• Superheater header steam pipes reburbished
• Steam pipe to smokebox sealing plates made
• Injector pipework fitting continues

June 2018

• Motion components measured for new pins
• Ashpan tunnel sections welded in and ground back
• Injector delivery pipework started
• New boiler barrel section drilled and prepped for welding

May 2018

• Damper doors made and fitted to ashpan
• New dart bar parts fabricated
• Missing brake beam safety chains made and fitted
• Slipper block oil pots machined

April 2018

• Cab refitted after final riveting
• Second injector overflow pipe made and fitted
• Ashpan outer framework now fully assembled
• Fabrication of water supply copper pipework started

March 2018

• White metal poured for the eccentrics
• Construction of new ash pan started
• First injector overflow pipe made and fitted
• Tool box and window hinges fitted

February 2018

• All brake pull rods fitted
• Both injectors fitted
• Final riveting on cab undertaken
• Building up of boiler barrel base completed

January 2018

• Riveting on of new boiler barrel section started
• Remaining accessible lap seam rivets replaced
• Old white metal removed from eccentrics
• Cab removed for final riveting