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August 2006

1st August 2006

Sunday 6th saw Doug, Joan, Adrian and Chris on site. Work continued on the repainting of the engine room with the first top coat of paint being completed on the ceiling in the first area tackled. Doug made a floor for the new trolley and also assisted Adrian and Chris with the engine room painting. Joan provided the lunch as usual and also mucked in with the painting operation. Chris commenced preparing the roof hatches for painting on the engine room side. Over the years the amount of dirt and soot that had been accumulated was unbelievable - a sign of an exhaust leak at one time perhaps? About half of the paint on the inside of the roof hatches peeled off in Chris' hand - no doubt loosened by the hot temperatures experienced by this part of the loco.

Wednesday 9th saw John, Dan and Dave Downer on site working in the electrical cubicle. Dave examined around half of the wiring in the cubicle and then removed some of the redundant cables that were still installed in the cubicle. It is a sound idea to removed redundant cabling as this reduces the chances of damage occuring should a short circuit occur - the old cabling could pass the electricity to another part of the cubicle and cause serious damage. There is more redundant cable to be removed on Dave's next visit to the loco. The loco was moved up and down the test track to ensure that the remaining electrical components worked without any problems occuring.

On Friday 12th, Peter from Carlisle arrived on site with Chris to begin 4 days of work on the loco. As a treat for Peter, the loco was run up and down the test track quite a few times as Peter had never seen the loco with the engine running let alone moving under its own power! A proud day for our longest-distance volunteer. Preparation for painting in the engine room continued with more ceiling panels cleaned up ready for the first coat of primer.

Saturday 12th saw the area of engine room ceiling that had received the first top coat previously given a second top coat. This area of ceiling is now completed and all that remains is to paint the electrical conduit and fire circuit pipework when the rest of the engine room ceiling has been completed.

Sunday 13th saw Peter, Chris, Adrian and Alan on site. Alan continued with the brake cylinder overhaul programme with the stripping-down of another cylinder. The previously overhauled cylinder being fitted on to the loco on one day earlier in the week. Pete and Chris continued cleaning the engine room ceiling. Chris also spent some time working on the roof hatches in between the heavy rain showers that came and went during the day.

Sunday 20th saw Alan cleaning up the latest brake cylinder and then began building up the inside of the cylinder using a liquid metal product. This brake cylinder had become badly pitted over the years where water had laid at the bottom whilst the loco was in store, so we decided to use it as a test bed to see if we could bring the inside back to a fully cylindrical smooth surface once more. If we are successful we will treat any other brake cylinders that we find with similar defects. Chris continued beavering away in the engine room assisted by Joan and Doug.

Sunday 27th saw Adrian, Alan and Chris continuing the rebuilding process of 37254. Chris and Adrian completed the cleaning of all the dirt on the roof hatches and prepared the surfaces for painting. All four roof hatches received their first coat of primer and certainly look quite different compared with how dull and dirty they looked before. Alan continued with the overhaul of one of the brake cylinders. The cylinder interior was honed down to the correct diameter and the components painted on the outside. The other parts of the engine room ceiling that had been cleaned received their first coat of primer.

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