(March - June 2005)
| 17th June 2005:
Neil has removed old white metal from Bittern's remaining four axleboxes Steve has been finishing exhaust pipework from the cylinder drain cocks The connecting rods are off again now that measurements have been taken, so here's a photo to clarify the return crank arrangement for Walschaerts valve-gear - something we get asked about occasionally |  |
 | Fettled water-gauge cocks on Andy Netherwood's bench Photos (17th June 2005): Tony Wood
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4th June 2005: Preparations for fitting the regulator valve
Photo (4th June 2005): Tony Wood
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| Steve and Frank assembling the
middle engine to get measurements for machining the new pistons and
piston-rods Photo (1st June 2005): Tony Wood
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| Jim Leven (middle) discusses with Frank Boait the work to be done on Bittern's double blastpipe. Kyoichi Oda needle-guns a main steampipe in the background Photos (18th May 2005): Tony Wood |
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| 11th May 2005:
The crank axle is raised on rollers at present to allow easier setting of the valve gear The 2-to-1 lever moves very sweetly ... Movie (240KB, 11th May 2005) Keith Loughlin was tapping a plug-hole in Bittern's boiler ... Movie (1.6MB, 11th May 2005) Two photos and two movies (all 11th May 2005): Tony Wood) |
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 | 28th
April 2005 : Steve Humby was machining the white metal faces of the middle valve crosshead Movie (410KB, 28th April 2005): Tony Wood |
| Bittern's (and Thomas's)
boiler in the Boiler Dept shed Two photos and a movie (all 28th April 2005): Tony Wood |  |
| 25th
April 2005: Bittern's boiler was moved to the Boiler Dept at Ropley today Four photos (25th April 2005): Ray Sully | |
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 | 20th April 2005:
Both of Bittern's outside connecting rods will be temporarily fitted for valve-setting Photo (20th April 2005): Tony Wood
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| 13th April 2005:
Neil was machining the white metal of one of the crossheads on a vertical mill
Photo (13th April 2005): Tony Wood |  |
| 7th March 2005: Centre driving axle, viewed inside the frames ... |  |
 | ... makes it presently a 4-2-2 |
| Steve
Humby and Ray Sully were reaming
a bush (movie,
151KB) on a radius rod Three photos and two movies (all 7th March 2005): Tony Wood |  |
| 7th
March 2005: David Charlesworth was on hand when the centre driving axle went in yesterday (Sunday) and sent these photos |  |
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