(21st April 2002 to 19th July 2002)
| 19th June 2002:
Boring the hole for the pin using the big borer |
Red oxide
Two photos (19th June 2002): Tony Wood |
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| The dragbox
Photo (12th June 2002): Clive Holliday |
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| The new fabricated dragbox (the original was a casting) is temporarily
installed. Steve was tacking everything together. Here he's using a straight-edge
to check the pin-bush fit.
Photo (6th June 2002): Tony Wood |
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| 27th May 2002:
Four pics showing the frames now cut just ahead of the leading driving axle |
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| 27th May 2002:
Steve Humby our fabricator-welder, looking quite pleased to be one of the few to cut a steam loco's frames since the 1960s! Four photos (27th May 2002): Tony Wood |
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| Steve is also making progress with fabricating the dragbox
Three photos (27th May 2002): Tony Wood |
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| Stripping out stretchers between the frames over where the front bogie
fits.
Photo (7th May 2002): Tony Wood |
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| Both sides will be cut at the dotted line, these front sections will
be replaced with new, and strengthening plates will reinforce the weld.
Photo (7th May 2002): Tony Wood |
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| Progress with replacement of part of the frame around the dragbox of
Bittern. The white paint is to clarify indications during magnetic
particle inspections on the frames
Photo (21st April 2002): Tony Wood |
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| The arrival in late November 2001 (at the new MHR shop in the
Edward Knight Centre,
Alresford station) of a brand-new Limited
Edition Hornby 00 model of A4 'Bittern' brought a lot of interest. Sure to
appreciate in value from its selling price of £89.95 so demand will
be brisk. I had a look and the detail is excellent. (Liked the spring buffers!) ..... tw
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| Very first photo: Chris Cornell |
Restoration of A4 'Bittern' at Mid Hants Railway: Index
Very Latest News from Mid-Hants Railway's Loco Shed
Overhaul of A4 'Sir Nigel Gresley' at Grosmont
How to get to the Watercress
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