D9016 appeal, preserved railways, renovation
UPDATE ON LOCOS
Many may have seen an article on the Rail Magazine website stating that I am selling both Deltic locomotives and collection of spares etc. It has been the case for many years now, I have stated that I would love to hear from anyone suitable with the necessary resources, who may wish to take over […]
preserved railways, renovation
LATEST LOCO NEWS
Following last month’s disastrous event with the operational engine on 55 022 suffering a crankshaft to phasing case quill shaft failure, all workings planned for the loco were cancelled. This occurred at a terrible time, just prior to the start of booked regular working at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. A plan is slowly developing […]
preserved railways, renovation
55 022 FUEL STRAINER PROBLEMS & MAIN GENERATOR BRUSHES
Following investigation in to recent issues with 55 022’s fuel strainers becoming contaminated far quicker than is considered normal, we have come to the conclusion that the fuel has the dreaded diesel bug algae. This is far more evident when examining the innermost filter media and a black gel type solution is found rather than […]
preserved railways, renovation
Fuel system repair photos
Some more about the fuel repairs along with some photos. Martin and Andy Marra worked on 22 at Grosmont on Thursday 21st July to ensure the fuel system was cleaned following recent issues. The fuel strainer was removed and cleaned, new fuel filters fitted, new copper washer to replace a perished one on the main […]
preserved railways, renovation
55 022 POWER PROBLEMS AT THE N.Y.M.R.
As was previously advised, a few problems were encountered with 55 022 at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway last Sunday with some intermittent power production experienced. After some thought and consideration, I decided that it was due to low fuel level and intermittent due to the gradients, at times the power application was as expected […]
Gallery, preserved railways, renovation, thanks
NEW TRACTION MOTOR BRUSHES PHOTOS
The previous posting was missing the photos from Davie Horne of the new Traction Motor Brush work, seem to have problems uploading images to the site!! Anyway, here they are now….
Gallery, preserved railways, renovation, thanks
THANKS TO THE BO’NESS GUYS FOR RECENT WORK TO 55 022
As mentioned a while ago, when 55 022 left Springburn and headed for Bo’ness, a few jobs were planned to be completed on the loco before heading off to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway with 26 038. The main work was installing a complete new set of Traction Motor Carbon Brushes to all 6 Traction […]
NEW VACUUM HOSES FOR 22 AND 16
We have recently received 4 brand newly made vacuum brake buffer beam hoses to be fitted to both ‘Royal Scots Grey’ and ‘Gordon Highlander’. These can be seen in the image above and should look much better than the worn ones currently installed. The total price for these was just over £300.00 and they should […]
55 022 REPAINT COMPLETED
As many will by now be aware, 55 022 ‘Royal Scots Grey’ had its repaint completed as scheduled at Knorr-Bremse Rail Services Works at Springburn and was rolled out of the paint shop on the morning of 6th February in time to work her booked train to Shields T.M.D. The loco now carries the number […]
22 READY FOR BLUE PAINT
Here are a few images taken and kindly sent through to me by Archie Ferguson from Knorr-Bremse Rail Services at Springburn showing the loco inside the huge oven and waiting for the first coat of blue to be applied to the main body. Apologies that the images are rather restricted, but there’s not much room […]