Where has the year gone? I can’t believe the end of the year is upon us again; I think next year to save time, I will leave my Christmas tree up as I’m sure I only just took it down! It may have gone quickly, but as usual it’s been another busy year with our […]
Author: Simon Edmunds
Our summer engineering report starts with the acquisition of the tender wheels. We were very pleased, and to be honest a little surprised after we received a positive response to our renewed offer to purchase these wheels via the Bluebell Railway’s board of directors. Chris Irving and I made a site visit to examine their […]
Wheelsets bought from the Bluebell railway suit a BR2A tender Toddington Standard Locomotive Ltd to build new tender after 76077 returns to service ‘Sponsor a Spoke’ shareholder appeal raises cost of purchase and profiling 28 June 2023: Toddington Standard Locomotive Limited (TSLL), owner of standard class 4 2-6-0 no. 76077, has confirmed that the engine […]
At LMS Loughborough, the cylinder cladding has been trial fitted to the Left Hand Side cylinder. Although we already had the cladding sheets that Chris Hinton had made many years ago, we have had to spend a considerable amount of time getting everything to fit together correctly. The drawings for these items are sketchy to […]
News from the Workshop by Andy Meredith, TSLL Engineering Director At Loughborough, work has started on the brake gear for the locomotive. The brake cross beams that connect to the bottom of the hangers and transfer the force from the brake pull rods to the brake blocks have had the old sleeves removed on two […]
After the flurry of activity in July and September the last few months have been comparatively quiet, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t made progress in many areas. At Loughborough the new brackets for the sand ejectors have been completed and fitted to the frames. This has allowed our previously machined sand ejectors to be […]
One of the most frequent questions I’m asked is “what will you do about building a tender for 76077?”. In this article I will try and explain the history that resulted in the loss of our tender and what options there are to provide our locomotive with a new one. First of all, it’s worth […]
August was a very busy month at LMS with lots of work on 76077 in preparation for our shareholder and supporters day in September. The coupling rod bushes have all been re-metalled, machined and pressed back into the coupling rods. The leading and driving bushes were a good tight press fit in the rods, the […]
The GWSR steam gala gave us the opportunity to show off progress on our Locomotive’s restoration. As costs prevented us transporting the loco to Toddington, we displayed a number of significant completed parts, together with a video slideshow of the locomotive being reassembled at LMS in Loughborough. It was great to meet up with some […]
Apologies for the late arrival of this workshop update, with the GWSR Steam Gala fast approaching I found myself busier than ever trying to prepare things for our sale stand (more about this next month). Back to our loco and the painting of the inside of the frames is now almost complete, only the rear […]
Work continues at Loughborough with the painting of the inside of the locomotive frames. The reversing shaft has been refurbished and is ready for fitting when the inside frame paintwork is completed. All the pins that secure the horn guide frame stays have been hardened to reduce wear together with the latest batch of brake […]
Work at Loughborough has seen the replacement steam operated drain cock castings and the internal parts for these completed. We are now just awaiting the seals and then the drain cocks will be completely assembled ready to be fitted to the cylinders after they are bored next year. The machining of the castings for these […]