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Driving Wheels
07/04/2025
	Our 2 centre driving wheels arrived on site today from William Cook Cast Products. They weren't still for long before Ashley and Neil got to work with the primer. The wheels will be turned over later in the week for the other side to be painted.
Cylinder Mechanical Lubricator
07/04/2025
	In preparation for this weekends Open Day, the Cylinder Mechanical Lubricator has been positioned on the left hand slidebar. This lubricator is filled with cylinder grade oil which is much more viscous than the lubricator on the right hand slidebar. This has 12 outputs, 6 per side. The 2 unions under the drive wheel are for a steam feed (to heat the oil) and a corresponding drain. As the slidebar has not yet been drilled for the lubricator bolts, a G cramp is securing the lubricator
Hind Cylinder Covers
03/04/2025
	Our hind cylinder covers have now been cast and fettled by Sutton Castings. They will now be transported to CTL SSeal for display at our Open Day. After that they will be going to a local Non Destructive Testing company for testing.
Mechanical Lubricators
31/03/2025
	Some time ago, the project managed to obtain 2 mechanical lubricators. These are bolted to the top of the slidebar brackets. The lubricator in the photo is on the right hand slidebar bracket and is called the "Engine Mechanical Lubricator" in the BR Instruction Manual. It is filled with "engine or motion oil" and lubricates the slidebars, the valve spindle crosshead slides and the piston rod swab box. This lubricator will contain 4 individual pumps. On the left hand side is the "Cylinder Mechanical Lubricator" and is filled with a more viscous cylinder oil. The lubricator has a steam feed to allow the oil to be warmed and be less viscous.This lubricates the cylinder barrel, the piston valve liners, piston rod packing and the piston valve spindle bush. This lubricator has 12 pumps. Photo by Bob Ife
Hind Cylinder Cover Casting
30/03/2025
	Our new hind cylinder covers have been cast at Sutton Castings. We hope to have the castings on show at our Open Day on April 12. If you'd like to sponsor the machining of the covers, we'd love to talk to you!
Visit of The Welding Institute members
24/03/2025
	On the evening of 24 March CTL Seal and the Standard Steam Locomotive Co Ltd hosted a visit of members from The Welding Institute. Arron, Sales Director of CTL Seal, gave a presentation of an overview of CTL Seal which was followed by Geoff with a presentation on the Hengist project. After which the group was split into two, one led by Arron; the other group by Richard, CTL Seal Welding Engineer, for a tour of the works, the fabrication shop, machine shop, ending in the Assembly Shop by 72010 Hengist. An informative and enjoyable evening, “everyone was very impressed with the loco and CTL Seal”. Thanks to Mark Roughsedge for organising the event from The Welding Institute.