With the onset of the cold weather, progress has slowed somewhat due to the inclement travelling and working conditions. Nonetheless progress continues and is expected to speed up again as Spring arrives – what follows is a summary of the … Continue reading
Following many months of stripping down, needle gunning and sanding to bare metal, both cabs have now been painted in primer and undercoat, and a start to the gloss top coat has been made. (Click on the post title for pictures) click to continue reading
Work continues unabated on D6948, with the buffer beam skirts now successfully fitted to both ends following completion of work at no.2 end. Thanks to some patient and high quality fabrication work by Mark Stanley and Phil Seymour, the loco now has … Continue reading
On Sunday 19th August, the first sections of the new buffer beam ‘skirts’ were welded into place on the no.1 end of D6948 by Mark Stanley and Phil Seymour. This is a difficult and precision task involving the fitting of three sections at each end of the loco. This followed the essential movement of a number of buffer beam pipe fittings (see previous post) which were necessary to fit the skirts, and the installation of the new steam heat pipe connections (click on the title for more pictures).
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