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| Rob and Joe made a start on sanding down 401s boiler cladding sheets yesterday |
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| Rob applying primer |
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| Primer applied on one of the larger sheets, this band fits around the dome and belly plate part of the boiler barrel |
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| Katie carrying on sanding cladding today |
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| Today, volunteers have removed a broken running board from our CL MK1 for repair |
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| More progress on its repair to follow soon |
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| Michael D applying undercoat up top |
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| Painting one of two of the smaller engine compartment doors |
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| First top coat applied to the RHS cabside |
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| Other door done as well and both re-fitted with their work plates |
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| Top coating the front of the cab |
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| Top coating the LHS cabside |
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| Meanwhile, Steve and Michael W have been busy finishing off reassembling the radiator and grill |
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| After having some crown stays caulked 401s boiler underwent a hydraulic test in the presence of the insurance inspector on Friday, which it passed. Work can now commence on rebuilding and preparing for the tank and cab to go back on. There is still some work to do on the boiler crinoline before the lagging can go on, this should be done in the next week, among some other little jobs as well In this photo, Tom (up top) is removing the manifolds blanking plate before moving onto the safety valve bases which have been removed, inspected/cleaned and re-fitted with new gaskets |
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| Over on the cosmetic side...401s 'lemon' lubricator is in its final stages of completion |
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| Joe makes a start on sanding down parts of the cladding... |
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| ...then priming... |
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| ...for Michael to then give them an undercoat of madder lake |
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| The MK1 TSO that came to us in late November for use at Santa Specials departed the railway early this morning and headed back home to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Here, 03078 has shunted the carriage into position on the loading spur... |
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| ...so it could be winched onto the low-loader |
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| Leaving site |
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| Volunteer Katie inside 401s water tank today chipping off old rust and scale, this view is on the RHS looking towards the back |
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| On the other side, looking towards the front |
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| Michael undercoating 401s lubricator |
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| As stated in a post last month part of the reason for removing 401s cab and tank was to carry out repairs to broken boiler crinoline, the other reason was to investigate a potential leak. This turned out to be several firebox crown stays which had been leaking. Today, boilersmith Adam from Northern Steam Engineering Ltd carried out caulking work |
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| Adam caulking a crown stay on the LHS, video below |
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| After caulking the crown stays and a couple inside the firebox the boiler was hydraulic tested up to 180psi, all dry |
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| New boiler lagging (insulation) also arrived this afternoon |
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| Finishing off the day with applying a second coat of undercoat to the lubricator and its brackets |
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| Norman, assisted by George, begins marking out the back of 03079s cab on Saturday |
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| First coat of black gloss applied yesterday followed by another coat today |
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| Richard cleaning/servicing the hydraulic oil sump tank off of the surface grinder before re-fitting and replenishing with fresh oil |
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| 401 stabled outside the running shed whilst 08915 was shunting in the yard |
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| Once the yard was shunted, 401 was put under the water tower to have its boiler filled before being put back in the shed |
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| Dragging 03078 under the extractor fan |
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| First start up since November |
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| Running in the yard |
