Restoration Progress |
July 1999
It would seem that the rods that hold the springs in line above the axle boxes are a matched set, but the rods arrived in a box all mixed up. this meant that some springs were slack and some hard up against the stop. A process of tender weighing and jacking has therefore had to be gone through in order for the correct location for the correct spring rod to be found. An unwanted hassle but there's no way round it I'm afraid. |
There will be a steam test in the week ahead. Normally this would be done with the boiler still out of the frames, but as the boiler was in such good condition and the time was ever pressing I guess, the decision was made to press on and get the boiler fitted. Lets hope it passes!! This done, all that remains then are the routine testing and clearance runs etc that always follow a general overhaul of any locomotive. Find out about the big day, the SECR centennial event at the Bluebell Railway from http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/secr100.html |
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