Type One Locomotive CompanyAll items relating to D5830
A lot of work has been happening on the ground since our last update, so here we go.The clean air compartment roof section has had the rotten plate cut out and replaced. Internal painting has been completed, the air tanks that live on this section and others have been stripped and repainted and the electrical… Read More
Work this month has remained focused on the overhaul of 31463 and our main job at the moment is to get the roof repairs done. Starting on the power unit roof section, the roof hatch doors and center walk ways edges have been painted into primer then gloss. The gutters have been painted in primer… Read More
Work this month has remained focused on the overhaul of 31463, starting on the power unit, this has had all 12 new cylinder liners fitted, which is a massive tick in the list of jobs. The fuel header tank which was removed from the boiler room / radiator compartment has been cleaned, stripped of paint… Read More
Work this month has remained focused on the overhaul of 31463, starting on the power unit, the engine block to cylinder head pipes have been removed and the engine block face cleaned, the middle of the engine block has received a second coat of paint, this time in grey. Around where the fuel pumps live… Read More
Work this month has remained focused on the overhaul of 31463, all the fuel pumps have been removed from the power unit so these and the injectors have gone for overhaul. The lube oil system has had various parts of it blanked off ready for flushing the crank shaft and the oil priming pump has… Read More
This month work has focused on the overhaul of D5830. On the power unit the remaining 8 pistons have been removed and 12 cylinder liners have been removed. The waste return galleries have been cleaned out, the pipe work from the galleries to the bed plate was taken off and flushed out and have been… Read More
D8098 The month began with a session on D8098 checking the loco over and giving the clean air compartment a clean. D5830 What a month September 2022 has been for D5830. At the beginning of the month all the time spent unbolting the roof, disconnecting pipework and various components meant on the 1st September we… Read More
D5830 In the middle of August D5830 was moved into the shed at Ruddington, which has given us the opportunity to start repairs on D5830. The main focus has been unbolting the 4 roof sections and disconnecting equipment connected to those roof sections in preparation for their removal for repairs to take place. This meant… Read More
We are grateful for all of the support that we received but there is no doubting that loco preservation is an expensive business and with all three locos temporarily out of traffic, we are reliant on the continued support of our shareholders. A £10 per month Standing Order goes a long way and we’d love… Read More
D5830 On 06/04/2021 D5830 was awoken from its 13 month slumber in the shed at Ruddington. With numbers on site still restricted by the ongoing pandemic, just two of our engineering team spent Easter Tuesday progressing an A Exam (about two-thirds complete) and were able to run the engine up as well. Needless to say… Read More