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24th November 2004: S&T work last weekend
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Maintenance
| 11th November 2004:
Tender corridor end of Bittern
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45-ton
steam crane was busy tidying the yard: we also set
After lunch, TSO 4712 was moved from the painting road |
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| Roger was painting wheels for the Black Five's tender, and Harry was ultra-sound-checking the axles for flaws. The white is for the MPI test | |
 Six photos (18th November 2004): Tony Wood |  |
| 11th
November 2004: All quiet in the loco yard on a sunny Autumn morning. The bogies in the foreground are ready for fitting to TSO #4712, in the shed | |
 Two photos 11th November 2004): Tony Wood |  |
| Thomas's firebox - progress reports | |
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2nd November 2004: General view
of the shed today Photo (2nd November 2004): Tony Wood |
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29th October 2004:
We took advantage of drier weather to
refit side rods onto Bodmin (see below, 12th October).
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Keith paused to light-up whilst making a new baffle-plate for
#92212, and modifying the firehole protector ring,
both of which had fallen in during a Wizard Express
service, which continued uninterrupted. I'd been looking for an angle
to show off Duncan's repainting of TSO #4712. It's
still on accommodation bogies, but a steam crane will soon be summoned
to replace it on its own
renovated ones Five photos (all 28th October 2004): Tony Wood
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| 12th October 2004: Trailing drivers of Bodmin have been removed for axlebox re-metalling. The crowns were warming on the stove, and Frank later built up the crown thrust edges with bronze |
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| Father Christmas
came early with a better radial drill for the Loco Shed. The old one is
to be installed in the Boiler Dept. Five photos (all 12th October 2004): Tony Wood |  |
| 22nd September 2004:
Jobs today with the 45-ton
steam crane: Thomas's boiler was lifted ashpan removed by Spud, boiler lowered onto trolleys, and loco and boiler were moved into the Boiler Dept shed. | |
| A
tank wagon was lifted to a new site on track between storage containers
by the water tower. Seven photos (all 22nd September 2004): Tony Wood
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