Throwback Thursday #24

March 1990, with the railway still under construction and Middle Engine Lane platform nearly complete

Stacking Up the Mileage

D2078 hit the 24k mark today!

Nearly Halfway There

A.No.5 Update

Stuart cutting a section of metal out of A.No.5s smokebox door after the metal had deteriorated

Tube Removal

The removed tubes beginning to mount up 

Ashington No.5 Update, With a Busy Black Gang

Michael W in the firebox cleaning off tube ends with the angle grinder

Tom working in the smokebox, collapsing tube ends in

Michael uses a cow chisel to break the tube beading off

Tom using the chisel to cave the tube end in to break the expanded seal

Michael beginning to knock a tube out from the firebox end

Ashington No.5 Update

Firebox end

John working on breaking up the concrete in the smokebox that holds the blastpipe base in, this must be removed to allow the bottom row of tubes to be removed

Smokebox end

Cleaning No.1

Tom and Michael have been busy today polishing up RSH No.1

More Tube Removal Prep

Successfully removed blastpipe from Ashington No.5's smokebox

Tube Removal Prep

Lumps of the brick arch on the footplate after being removed from the firebox to allow fitters to work on tube removal on Ashington No.5

Dumper Truck Update

First coat of yellow on the top side of the frames

Richard shot-blasting engine components

Coat of primer on some other components

Richard welding the chassis

Michael W cleaning the gearbox