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Heritage – Narrow Gauge 6 weeks agoGuarding and Steaming
After putting Emmet’s plugs back in and refilling her boiler last Tuesday, I met up with our head of steam first thing Saturday morning and checked all round for leaks. All the washout plugs were dry, as was the fusible plug in the crown plate of the firebox, so we were looking good to put a fire in—a wood fire in this case to warm her up…
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Another well written piece if I may say so? I’ll send you my yarns and you compose them for me ? Lol! Unusual a sight glass to break? Maybe warmed after a chilly night? I would always break the vacuum first on steam! So nothing moves while i am in between? But things so different with air today! Cheer’s.
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Heritage – Narrow Gauge 7 weeks agoBoiler Test - part 1
Later than usual with my update this week because, unusually, I was at the railway on a Tuesday for this year’s first visit of the boiler inspector. Our head of steam and myself had stripped down 0-4-0T Emmet previously, removing the plugs and washing out the boiler in preparation so all that remained to do when we arrived at the railway…
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A nicely written piece! Interesting use of the Pep pipe back flow from the Injector body, to charge with the regulator open for air to be expelled via the cylinder cocks I assume? Clever lot them fitters! I would go from steam to black seamless pipe and compound for Chlorine gas on water filtration plants in far away places?
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Heritage – Narrow Gauge 2 months ago2 months ago (edited)
Guarding and Driving, with Tractors
How time flies! It doesn’t seem two minutes since we put our locos away after the Christmas specials, and the running season is upon us again. Our opening weekend coincided with our host museum’s annual tractor rally, an event I enjoyed even before I started working on the railway, and I was rostered as a guard (in training) both days.
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Heritage – Narrow Gauge 2 months agoBrakes and Sleepers
Wasn’t expecting to spend last weekend working on the railway but, as is often the case, plans changed. The Museum was closed on Saturday for a training day and several of my railway colleagues were participating, but myself and our head of steam excused ourselves and spent the day in the workshop instead, continuing our work to put the…
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Heritage – Narrow Gauge 2 months agoAnnett's Key
We’re seeing signs of spring around Tilford now, and I spotted a little rabbit sitting by a pile of sleepers in the Old Kiln yard when I arrived. The peace and quiet didn’t last long: I got a colleague to fire up the arc welder and weld together the pieces of the Annett’s key I made last weekend. After some cleaning up of the welds with an…
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Heritage – Narrow Gauge 2 months agoBits & Pieces
Much like the weather, my weekend at the Old Kiln was rather varied. To start with on Saturday, I joined our head of steam to take apart the left-hand steam injector valve on O&K 9998 Elouise which had been reported as not closing properly. I lapped in the valve with fine carborundum followed by Brasso, and inspected the resulting surfaces.…
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Alexandra you certainly have a wide variety of task to due, which must make it all the more interesting. Great article again, keep up the brilliant reporting.
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@James Adams I sure do! That’s something I love about volunteering on a small railway. Glad you’re enjoying my posts, and thank you.
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Heritage – Narrow Gauge 3 months agoBack on track
Saturday started well; the museum with whom our railway shares the site held an open day to attract new volunteers so the place felt more alive than usual at this time of year with a good few people around. I managed to catch up with a couple of my colleagues who I’d not seen for a while. Then, fortified with a lovely mug of strong tea myself…
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