Peak on jacks

View of the back head wall showing some recently made fittings such as the frame for the fire bell instructions, which originally were in a polythene bag with a bit of cardboard to keep it rigid, needless to say not one of BR's better inventions so we duplicated the type of frame used when the loco's were built. The CPR instructions were salvaged from a scrap yard up North (ex class 47). You will notice the fire bell and test button, which were featured in one of our first up-dates.

Finally an appeal for more money as we have had quite a heavy expenditure recently acquiring liners, ETH components and various other spares for the loco as we see ourselves in the last chance saloon for acquiring spares and have made regular visits during the last couple of months to various scrap yards. Hopefully, the next up-date will bring news of the power unit reassembly of 'A bank' and the dismantling of 'B bank' which will have a quicker turn around as we have 13 heads and enough liners all ready. The only outstanding item to acquire on the power unit front is piston top rings.

Regards
Mike Pember

This view shows the loco in the cattle dock at Toddington where, for the first time, the restored No.1 end cab was open for inspection to the public and received favourable comment. During this weekend the power unit was removed from the yard and placed in the loco shed at Toddington for storage to allow it to dry out prior to refitting 'A bank' piston liners and heads. We will also take the opportunity to inspect the generator.

This view shows group members flexi honing the liners that were mentioned in the previous up-date (ex class 47). The flexi hone tool was acquired as part of a swap deal involving one of our members engraving some ident plates for the Peak Locomotive Company for their brake frames. This tool removes any rough edges or scratches (providing they are not too deep) from the internal diameter. The tool is air driven and is vigorously pumped up and down in the view the grooves on the liner are for the liner seals, which is why the liners were removed in the first place to see if they were perished. Replacement liner seals have been acquired also soft iron rings which are used between the head and the top of the piston liner, also underneath the lip of the piston liner.