Saturday 26th July 2014 - Midlands Site

 

 

TENDER WORKING PARTY

 

 

Our gas cylinder trolley has completed is overhaul

 and is now resplendent in a coat of engine green

 

The three brake beams have been re-bushed where necessary

and friction washers added. These now require the top hat bushes

on the beam ends. Just another 12 bushes of the 70 plus 

                                              required to complete the brake rigging.

 

New pins and bushes for the brake hanger brackets

underway

 

One of the heavy components of the brake rigging

is the weigh bar shaft which fits beneath the front

end of the tender. This shaft is in particularly poor condition

requiring sleeves on both ends and new bushes and pins.

 

                                      The removal of the old bushes where the beam connects
                                      to the pull rods and adjusting screws proved to be a lengthy
                                    task as in a previous life the bushes had been welded in place.
                                    Six hours on and a few choice expletives and the four bushes
                                    finally succumbed. The faces now require the weld removing
                                              and yet more bushes and friction washers made

 

The new pin in place that connects the shaft to the

vacuum piston rod 

 

and a new pin for the hand brake connection. The

corroded condition of the one end journal can also be seen.

That will have to wait for another day!