NEWS ARCHIVE: JULY - DECEMBER 2006
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33 002 Rebuild Continues!
November and December 2006: |
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| A shy painter scuttles away from the camera! The completed No.1 end in the workshop. | The No.2 end of 33 002 with new metal and undercoat. | 33 002 from the P.L.O.G. Shed |
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| A "popped" Liner is harnessed for removal | The liner is guided out. | The liners "On the floor" (Note No.8 is upside dow.) |
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| Can anyone "SeeKing?" Courtesy & © Pete Burrow |
A Liner leaves 33 002 | Pete Salutes a liner as it leaves port! |
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October 2006: Many hours of work has been spent with the cylinder heads, cleaning and valve seat lapping with our wonderful Hall Toledo Valve seat grinder. The valves have come back from Plymouth where they have been refaced. We've got the pistons and liners out now, new big end shells have been sourced with some help from our friends at the Bodmin & Wenford Railway and various other parts ordered. |
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| Split Big End bearings! Courtesy & © Neil Cannon |
Out goes another Piston!
Courtesy & © Neil Cannon |
High into the sky! Courtesy & © Neil Cannon |
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| A liner comes out of the block. Courtesy & © Neil Cannon |
Two Pistons await storage.
Courtesy & © Neil Cannon |
The cab with the pillars under repair Courtesy & © Phil Seymour |
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| And Again! Note the new splice at the bottom. Courtesy & © Phil Seymour |
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August 2006: Even ewith an inch drive T bar and long piece of scaffold our muscles were not up to shifting those head bolts. Luckily help was at hand and as we couldn't find Gary, we were very kindly loaned a 5 times Torque multiplier and Pete then undid them on his own. (He must have had at least 3 weetabix for breakfast that morning!) So now the heads are ready to lift and its Big end bolts next! |
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| Jon Guides in the Crane Courtesy & © Phil Seymour |
Out goes another head!
Courtesy & © Phil Seymour |
The Block with the heads gorn! Courtesy & © Phil Seymour |
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| The heads make their getaway! Courtesy & © Phil Seymour |
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July 2006: Now that 25 901's engine is complete, suckers for punishment that we are, we have started on 33 002. We've got the exhaust off and have started on the Cylinder head bolts. These have proved even tighter than the rat's, so now we're waiting for an inch drive T bar socket to arrive as 3/4 inch drive is clearly not up to it!
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| 33 002 Shows off her new paint! Courtesy & © Phil Seymour |
33 002's engine starting to be dismantled,
Courtesy & © Phil Seymour |
The Missing exhaust! Courtesy & © Phil Seymour |
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25 901: All change!
August 2006: Not content with rebuilding 25 901s engine, we decided that as the railway no longer has a 1960s green diesel, something ought to be done about it....... 25 901, or sould I say D7612 was chosen!
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| The Sunday Gang work on 25 901 Courtesy & © Bob Latham |
The Sunday Gang work on 25 901 Courtesy & © Bob Latham |
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Enter D7612!
On 16th August 2006: D7612, (25 901's original number) was rolled out in a beautifully applied coat of 1960s two tone green with half yellow warning panels. This is her original livery we believe, and certainly suits this later design of class 25 body: Judge for yourself!
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| D7612 Stands at Totnes After Working a River Rail. 29.8.96 |
D7612 Fresh from the paint shop. Courtesy & © Neil Canon |
D7612 - a credit to all who helped paint her Courtesy & © Neil Canon |
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| D7612 at Staverton Level Crossing. |
D7612 Waits at Bishops Bridge |
D7612 At Bishops Bridge Loop 29.8.96 |
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| 20 118 Arrives at Tunbridge Wells, Courtesy & © Stephen Humphrey |
20 118 stands at Tunbridge Wells,
Courtesy & © Stephen Humphrey |
20 118 at Tunbridge Wells Courtesy & © Stephen Humphrey |
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20 118 Takes a Summer Vacation to the Spa Valley Railway! 19th August2006: 20 118 performed well at the Spa Valley Diesel Gala. It was a well run gala on an excellant railway and a good time was had by all that I met. The Photo Gallery can be seen by clicking here:
1st Aug 2006: The Spa Valley Railway at Tunbridge Wells has hired 20 118 From August to October, she arrived at Tunbridge wells last Thursday. 20 118 will Star at their Summer Diesel Gala on Friday the 4th to Sunday the 6th of August and will be used on various other occasions upto October, so that she will be back for our November Gronk aid Gala.
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