General Progress Archive.
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Taken at Midland Railway - Butterley on 25/26 February 2006 |
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S&DJR 2-8-0 no. 53809 in Swanwick Junction shed, being prepared for a steam test. Next week will see the loco being transported to the West Somerset Railway for their S&DJR theme spring gala. |
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Two views of the loco, in resplendent new paint, after lighting up. |
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Taken from inside the shed. The newly erected footbridge at Swanwick station can be seen in the right hand side of the photo. |
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Close-up of the cylinders and valve gear. Note that the valve gear operates outside admission piston valves and that the cylinder pressure relief valves are mounted on the bottom of the cylinders. |
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Standard Class 5 73129 preparing for the days operation. |
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These photo's were taken on 27th March 2005. |
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These views were taken on Easter Sunday 2005 as the loco waits at Butterley with the 12:05pm departure. |
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Note that the fireman's side buffer has been replaced and has yet to receive a top coat of paint. |
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Added 6/4/2005. 92214 approaching Swanwick Junction platform. Photo courtesy Gareth Griffiths. |
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These photo's were taken on 5th March 2005. |
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The loco stands in Swanwick museum building in early 2005 and reflects the light off the cleaned and polished cladding. Note the rust-preventive coating on the valve gear and coupling rods. |
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The inside of the cab after cleaning. |
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The cab floor wooden boards have been removed to allow access to the rocking grate mechanism for greasing. |
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These photo's were taken on 13th September 2004. |
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The engine being winched on to the low loader. |
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On the loader ready for transporting to the West Somerset Railway. |
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These photo's were taken on 19th July 2004. |
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Waiting at Swanwick Junction for the Footplate experience participants to arrive. |
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Another view of Swanwick showing work in progress on the island platform building and the footbridge stanchions in place. |
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An 'OO' scale model 92214 on the smokebox door step of the full size item ..... |
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..... on the platform ..... |
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..... and a close up. |
| Photo's taken on Saturday the 25th October 2003 during the 'Wizards Weekend' at Butterley | |
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It's
10:00 am and 92214 reflects the sunlight while waiting to take out the
first train of the day.
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The
headboard carried by the loco during the 'Wizards Weekend'.
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| These photographs moved here 29th July 2003 | |
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Side view of the locomotive with the smoke deflectors fitted. Taken in the fitting shop. |
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Front view. The pallets hold the bags of refractory cement for the firebox arch. |
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Fireman's side view. |
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Composite view of the wooden former built inside the firebox to support the concrete arch material until it has set. The top of the former was covered in greaseproof paper to prevent the concrete sticking to the wood. |
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Finished. The arch is around 9 inches thick in this photo. |
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Drivers side of the firebox showing how the arch fits against the firebox side. |
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The fire irons laid out in the coal space. From right to left these are Rake, Pan, Bent Dart and Straight Dart. The small Rake on the left has been specially made for cleaning out ash through the side doors in the ashpan. |
| These photographs moved here 7th July 2003 | |
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This was the view last Saturday from the groups 'centre of operations' i.e. the van body. |
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Rear of tender view with ladder in place. |
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Driver's side front view. |
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Fireman's side front view. |
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Side view. |
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Looking ahead through the driver's front window, showing how the ejectors on the smokebox side (level with the diesel front panel) restrict the forward view. |
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The tender has been filled with a measured amount of water to check the accuracy of the water gauge, seen here reading 5,000 gallons. |
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The boiler has also been filled to the required level, as shown here by the gauge glass. Note the gauge glass protector is fitted. The lever on the gauge frame operates both top and bottom shut off cocks simultaneously when pulled down through 90 degrees. |
| These photographs moved here 1st July 2003 | |
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The tender looks immaculate after receiving the final coats of paint and 'British Railways' transfers. |
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Looking
forward to the engine. The locomotive reflected in the paintwork is
73129 - a Standard class 5 with Caprotti valve gear currently under
restoration at Butterley.
Note the sieve box ready for fitting. |
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The painted buffer beam and fittings. Vacuum train brake pipe (denoted by blue stripe) on the left, coupling hook, and steam heating pipe on the right. Three lamp irons are fitted just above the buffer beam, the fourth lamp iron is towards the top of the tank. |
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Close-up of buffer. Note the flat grill welded to the top of the casting to provide a foothold. |
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The tender coal space after painting. |
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View inside the water tank taken from the filler. The steel plates are baffles to reduce water surge. The sloping plate at the top is the underside of the coal space. The light brown paint is the protective coating being applied following the needle gunning of all of the steel plates. |
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The
fire irons fitted into the fire iron tunnel. The ends of the irons carry
a stamped plate so that the correct one can be selected. From top to
bottom they read:-
92214 - Rake 92214 - Pan 92214 - Str(aight) Dart 92214 - Bent Dart
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Detail of the cab side number and classification. |
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Detail
of the British Railways logo on the tender side.
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Four
of the plates/signs fitted to 92214.
Top left "Built 1959 Swindon" is mounted on the chassis mainframe below the smokebox door. Top right "Danger - Overhead Live Wires" is mounted near to the steps on the back of the tender (and other places around the locomotive). Bottom left "BR1G 1519 1959" (BR type 1G tender, number 1519 built 1959) mounted on the rear of the tender. Bottom right "Water capacity 5000 gallons" mounted on the rear of the tender. |
| These photographs moved here 17th June 2003 | |
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Smokebox door, with '82F' (Bath Green Park) shed plate. The letters 'SC' under the shed plate stand for 'Self Cleaning'. Note: The smoke deflectors are not going to be fitted until the locomotive has been thoroughly tested in steam. |
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Painted front buffer beam, with Steam Heating pipe on the right, screw coupling in the centre, and vacuum pipe on the left. |
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General view of the engine / tender connection showing the tender dragbox fitting under the engine footplate. The curved fall plate, hinged on the tender body, is to cover the gap between engine and tender. |
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Labeled view of the mechanical coupling between the engine and tender. The intermediate buffers, made of steel and spring loaded, bear continuously against the engine dragbox rubbing plates. This keeps the drawbar in tension and prevents 'surging' between engine and tender when moving. |
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Labeled view of the piping between the engine and tender. |
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Close
up of the fireman's side piston rod oiler. The piston rod (bottom left)
is continuously oiled by the 'swab box' (centre left), which is drip fed
with oil from the trimming in the oil box (Centre top).
Bottom centre is the cylinder rear cover pressure relief valve. There is also one fitted to the cylinder front cover. Note the plate fitted to these valves to deflect any steam downwards should the valve open. Top left is part of the slidebar. |
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This
photo added 17th June 2003.
Close up of the driver's side piston rod oiler. See above for description.
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| These photographs moved here 21st May 2003 | |
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Cylinder drain cocks control valve mounted under the drivers side running board. The valve is operated by the rod in the top right of the photo. |
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Labeled view of the smokebox. |
| These photographs moved here 23rd April 2003 | |
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View along the driver side of the boiler, showing the two ejector pipes and blower pipe in position and the cover fitted. |
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Fireman's side running board in place over the cylinder. The mechanical oiler linkage is fitted, the rocking motion being derived from the expansion link pivot. |
| These photographs moved here 15th April 2003 | |
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Labeled view of the area under the footplate, before the rocking grate and damper mechanisms are fitted. |
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The recently machined fireman's side clack valve, fitted temporarily into position on the boiler. |
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Ejector
exhaust elbow mounted on the smokebox side. The large connection, when
piped, will carry the exhaust steam from the large/small ejectors
mounted in front of the drivers front window. This steam will be
released to atmosphere through a ring of jets cast into the rear
chimney.
The small connection will carry steam from the blower control valve to the blower rings mounted on both blastpipes. |
| These photographs moved here 2nd April 2003 | |
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One of four side access doors to facilitate cleaning of the ashpan. Some of the pins and split wedges that hold the ashpan to the bottom of the firebox foundation ring can also be seen. |
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Lower part of fireman's side cylinder and drain cocks. The two larger diameter pipes (in front of the pony truck wheel) are from the front and rear cylinder drain cocks, the smaller diameter pipe is from the steam chest drain cock. The drain cocks are held shut by steam pressure, and are opened by a lever in the cab cutting off the steam supply. |
| These photographs moved here 23rd February 2003 | |
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General view of the locomotive, with various items in primer prior to final painting. |
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The firebox casing. The circular hole in the casing near to the camera is to accommodate one of the washout plugs. |
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Close-up of the safety valves and associated cladding. |
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View forward on the fireman's side of the locomotive showing handrail in position (top) and footplate mounting brackets (lower right). |
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Part of the Walchaerts valve gear. The horizontal cylinder (top centre) houses an adjustable coil spring. This is connected to the reversing lever mechanism and will be set to counterbalance the weight, thus making it easier for the driver to operate the screw reverser in the cab. |
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Top view of the centre driving wheel, coupling rod joint, connecting rod big end and return crank. Note that the centre driver is flangeless due to the length of the wheelbase. On the lower left is a row of grease nipples. |
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Steam pipe connection from the superheater header (inside smokebox) to the valve chest. |
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Front view of the tender during preparations for painting. The drawbar fitted here is a temporary device for shunting purposes. |
| These photographs moved here 16th February 2003. | |
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Following the successful steam test, work commenced on fitting the insulation and cladding to the boiler. This view shows the white ceramic fibre matting being fitted to the firebox top after cutting and shaping, prior to fitting the cladding sheets. |
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All of the boiler/firebox insulation
and cladding is complete except for the throatplate area.
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