2003/04 Overhaul Archive - September 2003

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September 27 2003

Preparation of the tender for repainting has begun in earnest whilst the newly installed coal space has been given a coat of micasious paint.

The tender before the micasious paint was applied to the coal space. September 27 2003

Chris Brown at work in the tender coal space. September 27 2003

Meanwhile the regular task of preparing various pieces of cladding and platework has continued. More painting between the frames was undertaken by Graham Hopes.

Mick Carr works at giving this firebox cladding sheet a good smooth finish. September 27 2003

Dave Fuszard applies some filler to the tender footplating. September 27 2003

A start has been made at re-lagging the cylinders. Unlike the last time around when just Kaowool was used this time industrial type aluminium foil has been used for the first layer. The Kaowool will be fitted over the top of this foil. The foil will serve two purposes, firstly it will increase the degree of insulation and secondly the Kaowool gets wet and can stay wet for a long time thus promoting corrosion. The foil barrier should help to offset this.

The outside lefthand cylinder bore was cleaned up prior to the refitting of the crosshead.

Keith Lines cleans the cylinder bore. September 27 2003

Underneath the locomotive new draincock pipework for the inside steamchest (it is shared by the two inside cylinders) was trial fitted.

On the boiler all the small tubes that could be fitted have been. These have been expanded and beaded. The flue tubes will be installed shortly.

Looking like new ! Some of the newly expanded and beaded tubes in the smokebox tubeplate. September 27 2003

Back in his normal position Colin Henderson pretends to be busy doing something ! September 27 2003

In the two weeks since the last working party a fair bit has happened with the contract jobs. Most of the small tubes have been fitted to the boiler, the replacement stay nuts have arrived and some have been fitted whilst further progress has been made on reconstruction of the tender coal space.

A view of the smokebox tubeplate showing how many of the small tubes are now in place. September 20 2003

A view in to the boiler through a flue tube hole showing the fitted small tubes. September 20 2003

A good number of the new stay nuts have been fitted to the fireman's side of the firebox. September 20 2003

The new tender coal space is ready for use with the toolboxes and doors now welded, rather than riveted, back in to position. September 20 2003

At last the awkward job of cleaning up the underneath of the centre cylinders was finished. A coat of protective micasious paint finished the job of nicely.

Leon Salter works at cleaning up the underside of the centre cylinders. September 20 2003

The underside of the centre cylinders half way to being ready for painting. September 20 2003

And the finished product painted for another few years. September 20 2003

Steve Underhill drills out a bracket before fitting it to the inside of the smokebox. September 20 2003

Refurbishment of various cab controls continued (slowly).

'At work' in the shed, from the left Colin Henderson, Huw Button & Dave Fuszard. September 20 2003

With the coal space now complete work on the tender bodywork has picked up in pace.

John Salter applies some anti-rust treatment to the tender. September 20 2003

Another job completed was fitting the ashpan heat-shield. September 20 2003

Leon Salter (left) and your webmaster rub down some platework. September 20 2003 © Colin Henderson

And finally some people seem to need help...

There is no report for this weekend as we are all having the weekend off.

A fairly quiet day with several regulars elsewhere.

Work was again concentrated on preparation for painting. A start has been made on preparing the tender now that all welding associated with the new coal space has been completed. A normal cladding sheets from various parts of the locomotive got some attention.

Unfortunately the weather was less than kind. Heavy, thundery, showers in the afternoon slowed progress on outside jobs and did a good job of trying to flood the shed.

John Salter (left) and Leon Salter work on removing paint burnt during the welding in of the new coal space. September 6 2003

Chris Brown spent a fair bit of time preparing the front section of the tender normally hidden by the tender footplating for painting. September 6 2003 © John Salter

Dave Fuszard took up his normal position outside the shed working on cladding sheets. September 6 2003 © John Salter

Underneath the locomotive the dirty job of cleaning up the underside of the centre cylinder block made good progress and is almost finished.

Leon Salter (left) and your webmaster underneath the centre cylinders painstakingly cleaning them up. September 6 2003 © John Salter

Leon Salter (left) and your webmaster during a break from preparing the centre cylinders for painting. One of us is clearly dirtier than the other. This might just have something to do with the volume of work undertaken ! September 6 2003 © John Salter

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