Bury Standard 4 Group - Restoring 80097 and 46428
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1st September, 2015
Another really progressive period on the loco. Allan has stripped down and overhauled the blowdown valve, which Nigel then painted. Sharon made a pattern of the valve flange, to be sent to Dalgleish and then made the gasket for it . Nigel,…
14th August, 2015
Richard has been working on parts for the superheater header. He has made a tool for the seats, 21 off 1 inch studs and the 1 ¼ inch studs. He started making the nuts for these studs and these have now been finished off by…
21st July, 2015
A very progressive few weeks of work has just passed. Results are: Jim, Mark, Colin and Hughie have been joined by Bob and they have continued painting the loco, which now has a first coat of black on both sides. Other primed metal…
4th July, 2015
This is the latest report from our boiler repair company, Adam Dalgleish on Tyneside, where good progress is being made. Repairs to the holes of the inner copper wrapper have been made. The holes were out of shape and required a coppersmith to…
20th June, 2015
Allan and Richard have continued to machine the manifold valves. Nigel and Jim have carried on working on the ash pan. Nigel, Phil and Harry have been making brackets for fixing the ends of the boiler bands together. Stuart has continued…
2nd June, 2015
With the ongoing restoration of Standard 4 loco 80097 progressing well, preliminary work has now started on our Ivatt loco 46428. The first step is to remove the boiler and Allan has been burning off the firebox and smokebox mounting bolts, all of…
2nd June, 2015
Phil and Allan have rolled the outer cladding sheets and these have now been stored at Baron Street. Nigel and Allan have continued with the damper gear, which is now complete and ready for fitting on the loco. Sharon, Nigel and Harry have…
2nd June, 2015
As part of the ELR 1940's weekend, our shop coach staff went to special efforts to take the opportunity to boost our publicity and sales. While John and Dennis manned our sales coach, Irene and Sharon, suitably dressed in 1940's gear, extended our…
6th May, 2015
Our sales coach staff of Irene, Dennis and John continue to work hard in our main fund raising and publicity section. The large car park banner has been re-erected, some inside layout changes have been carried out and the publicity material has been updated. …
5th May, 2015
During the recent stormy weather the strong winds caught our Shop banner and broke one of the supporting poles, causing it to fall down. It has now been re-erected, thanks to Malcolm at ELR. Our fund raising Shop Coach, at the end…