Sandstone Heritage Trust - Rail News
RN 203 - Weekly Steamshed Report & activities - 08th -15th July 2006 - By Gert Jubileus
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This week almost everyone jumped onto the Douglas Locomotive to have it complete by the end of the week. Henkie finished the roof of the Douglas and gave it a protecting coat of Varnish while Derrick completed the last welding work on this locomotive. Henry and Jacob did the spray painting and the last colouring in of the Douglas.
Below are photos of the refurbishing of this Locomotive: |
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Henry sanding the spray filler that was sprayed onto the tanks.
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Henkie fitted the gauges into the cab.
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Jacob painting the smoke box with a mix of black and silver paint.
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The fitted gauges in the cab
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Derrick welding angle iron to the cab floor.
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Jacob doing some detailing
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Everyone jumped onto the locomotive to speedup the refurbishment.
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The inside of the cab.
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Right: Derrick, the proud re - builder of the Douglas cab!
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CLASS NGG 16 NUMBER 153: More extensive repair work was done to this locomotive this week. The last time I drove her I realized that she is lazy to drift when running downhill. First we removed the snifter baffle plates and then the snifter valve to. The perforated plates were all very dirty and were cleaned. The Bypass valves were then taken out and we found that all the little portholes inside the bypass valves were blocked and that the valves were so dirty that there was no way that any of them could work anymore. All the ports were carefully opened and the bypass valves were cleaned. They will be fit back in next week. Below are photos of the Bypass valves and snifter valves. |
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The perforated plate
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The perforated plate removed
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The sifter valve removed
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Below: Photos of the Bypass valves and the condition they were in.
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This was only the beginning of the repair were done. The play on the rear unit pivot will also receive attention within the next days. Below is a photo of Derrick in a very confined space between the bunker and the unit frame, inspecting the pivot of the rear unit.
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