Mid-Hants Railway Loco Shed

On top of Ivatt #41312, Geoff Meekums and Ken Plunkett were disconnecting the feed pipe to the rhs clack valve. Andy said this was the only thing left unchecked in the quest to find the cause of poor feed and water wastage at the rhs injector.

The Ivatt was lit up by the time they started reconnecting the feed pipe

Photos (left) show state mid-morning, 3rd September. The smoke deflectors are painted, and will probably be fitted tomorrow. Pony truck will be assembled and fitted soon.

Below, Roger Thornton puts the first gloss coat of signal red on the front buffer-beam

Five photos (3rd September 2004): Tony Wood

Early morning at Ropley.

Mike Burke inspects the recently-arrived Taw Valley (cunningly disguised as Ottery St Mary) before he starts oiling-up the Ivatt for service.

Four photos (30th August 2004): Tony Wood

John Sowerby and tw were stripping out the smokebox of Thomas today

Below :  Progress with 9F #92212

  Pony truck and its axle - white from MPI (see also);

  Keith Hoddy was cleaning up one of the 9F con rods.

Three photos, all during our lunch-break, hence no people! (25th August 2004): Tony Wood

Work has begun to strip Thomas ready for replacement of his inner firebox. Arrangements have been made to hire a suitable replacement for the Easter 2005 event.

The loco is diagrammed for the Steam Gala (17^th - 19^th September 2004)

Four photos (24th August 2004): Tony Wood

Duncan insisted that I photograph these plates, so to humour him ... d:-)

Duncan was today preparing the 9F pony truck frames for painting when he was diverted by an enquiry about Thomas faces (pic) from a young visitor from USA.

The box and wires are sensors for the TPWS.

On the pit we were working on sanders, brake rodding, and preparing to refit the side rods

Photo (17th August 2004): Tony Wood

The driving axles of 9F #92212 are back in the frames. Railway enthusiasts at our Thomas event last week had a good view from our picnic area of this wheeldrop operation *

Duncan is keen to have the loco moved into the shed now for painting, but there are still wheeldrop operations to be completed

Photo (16th August 2004): Tony Wood

(Added 18th August 2004):   * Andy Jones got photos:  One  Two  Three

After temporarily refitting hornstays, we moved the 9F from the yard to the pit road, leaving more space for our Thomas visitors in the coming days.

Four photos ( 6th August 2004): Tony Wood