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NEW BUILD LAST PIECE OF THE LYN PU BY TOM BRIGHT THE REPLICA of Lynton & Barnstaple Railway 2‐4‐2T No. 762 Lyn is now a complete locomotive - in kit form at least - following the delivery of the final components to Alan Keef’s works in Ross-on-Wye on August 23. Aside from purely cosmetic items such as the boiler cladding, the arrival of the rear control linkage and four main spring mounting assemblies means that everything is in place to finish the assembly of the Baldwin locomotive. Peter Best, technical director of the 762 Club, the group formed to build Lyn, said: “A strong start has already been made with the saddle, cylinders, driving wheels. Some of the inside motion has been put onto the frames with the target of having a full ‘rolling chassis’ to demonstrate on September 17 at Alan Keef’s open day.” Assembly of the 2‐4‐2T continues apace; by November, the 762 Club hopes to have fitted Lyn’s boiler, smokebox and chimney, substantially re‐creating an outline not seen since 1935. “The timetable we’ve got is achievable,” said Mr Best. “We want to finish Lyn by late March when we plan to do running-in at Woody Bay.” It is hoped that Lyn’s first public steaming will be at the L&B’s Spring Gala on May 13 next year, but if the group is to stay on target, a further £85,000 must be raised to finish assembly of the engine. Mr Best said: “A new fundraising push is being made, with a target of £15,000 by the end of September. If this is achieved, a sponsor has promised to match-fund every pound raised. With Gift Aid, this would be £37,500 towards our assembly target.” Even though it is yet to be fully assembled, let alone steamed, plans are already being made to take Lyn further afield than Woody Bay. In October next year, it is hoped that Lyn will visit the Welsh Highland Railway for loaded test runs. “We want to know just how powerful Lyn is,” said Mr Best. It is believed that the replica will be roughly 50% more powerful than the original Baldwindesigned engine, thanks to superheating, roller bearings and a Kylchap blastpipe. In addition to learning the true capacity of the 2‐4‐2T, Lyn’s visit to the WHR could be the first opportunity to run it with its L&B cousin, replica Manning Wardle 2‐6‐2T Lyd. Mr Best said: “It will be great to see both engines working together.” Once Lyn is up and running, it raises the question of whether the 762 Club will follow the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust’s example and build another replica L&B engine. With the frames of Yeo still residing at Woody Bay, is this their next objective? “The way we’ve done Lyn has been very good, but I think we’d want to leave a bit of a gap before we look at doing anything else. However, we know from our experience with Lyn that we can do it.” ‘G5’ gets its ‘face’ The front end of a Worsdell ‘G5’ 0‐4‐4T can now be seen for the first time since the last example of the class was scrapped in 1958, with the smokebox and chimney mounted on the frames of No. 1759 at its Shildon workshop. The round smokebox handle is as per the original 1893 drawings, although the more familiar ‘dart’ will also be produced. TIM TAYLOR/G5 LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY All go for the ‘Grange’ as cylinders are fitted Reassembly of ‘Grange’ No. 6880 Betton Grange is making rapid progress at Llangollen, following its enforced dismantling to correct the misalignment of the axleboxes and cylinders. Ahead of the special event at Llangollen on September 24, marking 80 years since the class was introduced, the locomotive’s driving wheels and bogie are now back under the frames, and the cylinders permanently fitted. As this issue was going to press, volunteer working parties were preparing to refit the running plates and parts of the cab that also had to be dismantled. Said Publicity Director Paul Appleton: “We’re getting it together just as fast as we can, so it can be back to where it was for the ‘Grange 80’ day, and then we can start moving forward again.” With the cylinders fitted, they can now be pressure-tested before installing the pistons, he added. 20 Issue 458 September 9-October 6 2016 www.steamrailway.co.uk
ZZLE ‘County’ sees daylight at Didcot On August 27, a Hawksworth ‘County’ 4‐6‐0 rolled onto the turntable at Didcot (81E) for the first time since 1964, for an official ceremony to celebrate the wheeling of the new No. 1014 County of Glamorgan. The movement created this unique snapshot of latter-day Swindon thinking, with the ‘County’ frames (originally from ‘Modified Hall’ No. 7927 Willington Hall) displayed with the so-called ‘Kerosene Castle’, the Brown-Boveri gas-turbine No. 18000 ordered by Hawksworth in 1946 and delivered after nationalisation. For more on the ‘County’ project, see pages 7 and 45. Inside Alan Keef’s workshops in Ross-on-Wye, Lyn’s outside motion has already been trial-fitted. A complete ‘rolling chassis’ should be on display for the works’ open day on September 17. GEOFF HILL By late March, Baldwin 2‐4‐2T No. 762 Lyn will once again be seen steaming through the platforms at Woody Bay station, re-creating this scene from circa 1925. R.S. CLARK/ RAIL ARCHIVE STEPHENSON The Computer Aided Design (CAD) drawing of the frames and wheels for new Holden ‘F5’ 2‐4‐2T No. 789. ELLIOT POWICK Joy of Joys: ‘F5’s’ chassis is on the way New-build Great Eastern Railway 2‐4‐2T No. 789 is to become one of the relatively few steam locomotives in preservation with Joy valve gear, as the Holden F5 Steam Locomotive Trust makes preparations to erect its frames and create the rolling chassis. The original ‘F5’ design by Thomas William Worsdell (GER Class ‘M15’) had Joy valve gear, but their high coal consumption - which earned them the nickname ‘Gobblers’ - led James Holden to rebuild them with Stephenson gear. However, the drawings for the latter have not survived - so the trust has opted for the Joy gear, which is simpler and will be cheaper to manufacture. Project Manager Elliot Powick of Stafford Road Design will work closely with Tyseley Locomotive Works - where the engine is to be built - to improve its performance where possible. With the cylinders delivered to Tyseley, design work on the rest of the ‘bottom end’ is well in hand. The CAD (Computer Aided Design) patterns for the driving wheels have been sent out for quotations, along with those for the axles and axleboxes. The axlebox horn guides have also been designed, leaving the motion bracket - which is also awaiting quotes - as the last remaining large part to be produced for the frames. The frame plates were cut in 2012 and the cylinders cast in 2014, while the trust has also produced the ‘star stay’ (a star-shaped frame stretcher beneath the cab), the smokebox and door, chimney, bunker and bufferbeams. For more details, or to make a donation (payable to Holden F5 Steam Locomotive Trust), write to 49 Beech Avenue, Halstead, Essex CO9 2TT or visit www.holdenf5.co.uk Doncaster ‘P2’ group launches ‘Cock O’ The North Club’ The Doncaster P2 Locomotive Trust has launched a new membership scheme, titled the ‘Cock O’ The North Club’, for its replica Gresley 2‐8‐2 No. 2001. Annual membership costs £25, with ten years at £220 and life membership at £400. All members receive an enamel badge of No. 2001, a print of the locomotive and a regular newsletter, while those with ten years’ continuous membership will receive a discount on the first train hauled by the new ‘Mikado’. A special offer gives a year’s free membership to anyone who enrols a further five new members. For details, contact the Membership Secretary, 46 Kestrel Drive, Rossington DN11 OES or email members@ cockothenorth.co.uk www.facebook.com/SteamRailway September 9-October 6 2016 Issue 458 21
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