Not for fans of steam locomotives

Are we having a negativity day Trev.
 
I was involved with fabricating and welding ten of these beauts. All tig welded and tested to ASME. Fireboxes were a PITA to manu and weld as double skinned with phosphor bronze stays to stop firebox collapsing into itself. Brutal heat from the preheat prior to welding, I shudder to think the amount of tempil sticks I went through on the Britannia project.

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maingate said:
I actually worked on steam locos as an apprentice. Not the big glamorous express ones, just little NCB shunters. :giggle:
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Jim, my dad worked at Greenend NCB Scottish HQ, Edinburgh, his job entailed him visiting various local pits to us, he also visited Butlerfield Stocking ground, which was behind the Lady Victoria Pit, Newtongrange, now the Scottish Mining Museum.

At Butlerfield there was an old redundant steam shunter at the entrance. I cant recall all the detail, I use to crawl in through the firebox, then up and out funnel.........lol...........needless to say I was always filthy on my school holiday trips to Butlerfield Stocking Ground.
 
I see they can no longer run the west coast ( Harry Potter ) train as the doors could be opened while traveling! Have we all gone totally insane perhaps we should ban all cars as you could open the door and fall out on a motorway.
 
runnach said:
Jim, my dad worked at Greenend NCB Scottish HQ, Edinburgh, his job entailed him visiting various local pits to us, he also visited Butlerfield Stocking ground, which was behind the Lady Victoria Pit, Newtongrange, now the Scottish Mining Museum.

At Butlerfield there was an old redundant steam shunter at the entrance. I cant recall all the detail, I use to crawl in through the firebox, then up and out funnel.........lol...........needless to say I was always filthy on my school holiday trips to Butlerfield Stocking Ground.
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When I left school at 16 I was still a shortarse but grew a lot at age 17 or 18. We did a year full time at College with only holiday times at the actual Colliery. One of the first jobs I was given was in the Loco shed. They needed someone small to get inside the saddle tank of a shunter with a box of 3/4" Whitworth bolts and lengths of 'tarry tout'. To those that do not know, it is a type of twine that is impregnated with a type of grease. The idea being that a short length of tarry tout is wrapped around the bolt just behind the head before it is pushed through a hole. This seals the hole and prevents the water in the saddle tank from leaking out. I was still a tight fit even though I was small but I eventually got all the bolts fitted and held on to them while they were tightened from the outside. Somebody shouted into the saddle tank for me to come out and as I was making my way to the water filling point 4 of the tw*ts started banging on the tank with hammers. Apparently it was a very funny trick to play with apprentices. :rolleyes:
 
Jim, the tarty tout, same stuff as used for caulking a wooden hill boat?

I beat your ear drums took a hammering (excuse the pun) when stuck inside the saddle tank!!
 
runnach said:
Jim, my dad worked at Greenend NCB Scottish HQ, Edinburgh, his job entailed him visiting various local pits to us, he also visited Butlerfield Stocking ground, which was behind the Lady Victoria Pit, Newtongrange, now the Scottish Mining Museum.

At Butlerfield there was an old redundant steam shunter at the entrance. I cant recall all the detail, I use to crawl in through the firebox, then up and out funnel.........lol...........needless to say I was always filthy on my school holiday trips to Butlerfield Stocking Ground.
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All the fire tubes must have been removed, prob why it was scraped.
 
Topmast said:
I see they can no longer run the west coast ( Harry Potter ) train as the doors could be opened while traveling! Have we all gone totally insane perhaps we should ban all cars as you could open the door and fall out on a motorway.
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Some here lock car doors from inside so you dont, or get car mugged in Dublin which is common.
Saying that my uncle fell out the back doors of a car in the fifties, my g dad said he was never right after it. 😂
 
Topmast said:
I see they can no longer run the west coast ( Harry Potter ) train as the doors could be opened while traveling! Have we all gone totally insane perhaps we should ban all cars as you could open the door and fall out on a motorway.
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They're trying to find a way to make them work with central locking as a retro fit.
 
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