Restoration Nights

Restoration Nights

As with most preservation groups there is always some sort of Restoration Project on the go.

The BBR holds Restoration / Maintenance Nights quite often on Friday Evenings from about 5pm onwards, which enables the engineering team to get some of that much need work done on the motive power fleet.

Derek & Scott finish fitting the regulator

Derek tightens bolts in the smokebox of 123

Preparing to refit the steam dome on 123

Current Projects include Steam Locomotives NG15 #123, Perry 0-4-2 BT1 and general maintenance on the Diesels as required.

Richard and Derek cleaning the Dome seal surface

Lifting the dome onto a loco is definitely a crane job

Richard and Derek bolting the Dome down to the boiler

There is always work to be done on the steam locomotives to ensure that they are ready for the steam season. We are at the moment working towards returning NG 123 to traffic for the 2007 steam season

Neil washes out the smokebox of Betty Thompson

Andrew removes the steam pipe covers from Betty Thompson

President Jamie surveys the works from the cab of Rosalie

Michael checks the fire on Ng 123 during a hydro test

On Friday 16/12/06 the crew set to putting Ng 123 to a Hydro test to check for a seal on the new main steam pipe to the front tube plate. After repairs were carried out to a failed pulley on DM Rosalie, Ng 123 was hauled out of the shed and had a fire put in to "warm her through" before starting up the pump to increase the water pressure in the boiler. Making Steam was not the objective this evening, but to warm the steel tubes plates and fittings to carry out the test under desirable conditions for the boiler.

Other works included cleaning out of Betty Thompsons : coal bunker, ashpans, smokebox water tanks, and removal of the fire bars.

Smoke wafts from the chimney as Ng 123 undergoes a hydro test

Day turns to night on a Friday work evening

Fire in the hole on Ng 123 during a hydro test.

Click here w To check out a Video (2.63mb) of Ng 123 being hauled out of the Loco shed

If you would like to help out on a BBR Friday Work Night

Contact Derek on 0407 477 283 for details and dates.

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