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Another relatively quiet month, dominated by planning and procurement. The working parties have suffered some enforced changes as a result of Geoff Gore's indisposition and LaDonna McDonald's bicycle accident. |
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The bogie is being finish painted. The bogie pintle clamp was delivered but needed some minor modification before being fitted later in the month. With fitting of this clamp and completion of necessary preparatory work, the bogie should be ready to be be fitted to the locomotive chassis. However, before the chassis can be moved to a new position to facilitate construction of the tender tank, the Project Team are to undertake to construct new steel frames To replace the broken wooden frame) for the accommodation bogie, using parts from the two bogies made available to us. |
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| The SpiralWeld sales engineer visited and was briefed on the repairs to 1014's front draw hook and inner buffers. Following this, the draw hook was sent to SpiralWeld for refurbishment at the end of the month. | |
| Gary has now produced all the shoe pins for both locomotive and tender. | |
| An order for casting the eccentric straps has been passed to Tyseley Locomotive Works Ltd. An order for machining will be issued in due course. | |
05/05/2012 - non-ferrous castings - cylinder cocks ready for final machining. |
A number of non-ferrous castings have been delivered to Didcot Railway Centre. A drawing has been located for the cylinder cocks which will be sent to Alexander Higgins at Stourbridge for completion. Work has started on cleaning and refurbishment/repair of the actuating linkages. A lance cock casting was also delivered and the internal machining has been completed, now the external parts are being attended to. |
Two 22 inch vacuum cylinder pistons, a 22 inch cover and a 3,500 gal brake standard have been collected from the Erlestoke Manor Ltd. These are for 1014 and 2999. The pistons have gone direct to the machinist where they will be machined and mated with their piston rod. |
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Main Frame Horn Guides/Axleboxes - Matthew has stood down from the horn guide refurbishment because of work and exam pressure. KWG and Mike Cooper decided more horsepower should be put into this workstream, possibly the most important task that the team will carry out. There is also a danger of over complicating what is required especially as we have received a mass of advice, often conflicting! Accordingly, whilst Geoff was with us, KWG led a meeting of engineering minds to decide the way forward. The team will be led by Doug Middleton and Ian King and Dicky Boast will assist. Both Geoff and Matthew can return when they feel able to do so. It was agreed that it is necessary to accurately establish the longitudinal and vertical axle centre lines in relation to the cylinders and it has been established that all the horn faces are skewed to the lateral centres, some by up to 1/8 inch. The worst affected faces are the trailing ones and we have agreed to trial fit the axleboxes to see if they are also skewed. It seems likely that the easiest way of dealing with these faces is to machine them in situ rather than remove them and we will investigate that way forward. Lifting and levelling the frames has been postponed, until it is confirmed whether it is necessary. Meanwhile, work to condition and measure the main horns continues. |
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Work on the driving wheels continues, despite LaDonna's enforced absence. 5/6 are now filled and are being sanded. |
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Mike Mowbray from Axle Haulage has completed his assessment of the boiler move and envisages no problems. A draft order for comment has been issued and liaison with the Operations Manager for the of the details of the move to West Yard for collection and removal of the Collett tender underframe carcass. |
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| Tender Progress | |
The tender horns and axleboxes were delivered to the machinist in mid May. Refurbishment cost are likely to be around £1k and the job will be supervised by KWG. |
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KWG and Mike Cooper accepted the front dragbox pattern at Boro Foundry on 1 May. An order has been placed for casting and the final machining. Drawings are complete for both front and rear dragbox construction, the latter having been started. Following the issue of the final machining drawings a quotation has now been received for machining, consequently an order will be placed with Boro’ Foundry at the end of the month. |
05/05/2012 - completed pattern for the front dragbox. |
| Miscellaneous | |
At the end of April, the Project Team helped in riveting the cab roof of 6023 'King Edward II'. |
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1014 The G.W. County Project
