7th to 9th March 2014 - Toddington

                                                     INSURANCE STEAM TEST

 

 On Friday, paired with a Hawksworth tender kindly loaned by the

 7903 group, 7820 is prepared for her steam test

 

Steam up and blowing off

 

 

Final setting of the safety valves is undertaken during the steam test

 

  Measurements for the spacer tubes on the safety valves

 can now be taken, manufactured and fitted once the

steam test is complete

 

 

With the gauge at 225 p.s.i., 7820 passes her steam test with flying colours

 

 

         On Saturday, 7820 stands in the sunshine in the company of 5542.

        Running plating is being refitted whilst final setting of the

 piston valves is undertaken

 

 

   A new lubrication pipe is manufactured for fitting to the

regulator box inside the smoke box

 

  Steam chest cladding, which should have been fitted prior

   to the boiler being lifted in, has been modified to allow

it to be fitted after installation of the boiler

 

Steam pipe casing is cleaned ready for fitting

 

Steam pipe casing and seat hinges being prepared for fitting

 

 

    Inside the shed, 4270 will join 7820 as part of the GW steam

 fleet whilst work has started on 7903's 10 year overhaul

 

                                 Plenty to do when 7820 is back in service as 2874, one of DML
                               Group's Churchward 2-8-0's, waits its turn in the restoration queue.
                                               So if you are at a loose end for a few years,
                                                           you know where we are!!!!!!!!!!!!