Lukas Nel and the Bloemfontein team have completed the fitting of all the copper ferrules in the firebox tube plate of number 113. Out pictures show the copper raw material, sealing the ferrules into the tube plate and the completed job.
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The hard work continues at Bloemfontein with the copper ferrules being placed in the tube plate prior to the final fitting of the tubes. Our pictures show the delicate process of fitting the ferrules and a completed section of the tube plate. The ferrules are then expanded and act as a seal between the tube plate and the boiler tube when fitted.
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James Hall Museum of Transport, Johannesburg, Open Day Saturday 17th February.
The James Hall Museum will be holding an Open Day on Saturday 17th February. Sandstone Heritage Trust has a close working relationship with the museum. The Lawley steam locomotive, NG97, at Sandstone is on loan from the museum and was restored by Sandstone to working order.
The museum is well worth a visit with varied exhibits ranging from a London bus to South Africa’s own electric car. For full details of the event click here to view
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The repairs to and preparation of the front tube plate are now complete and the retubing will begin very shortly.
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The completely rebuilt boiler for NG10 number 61 has now been completed by Keith Stevens and his team at the workshop in Howick. The boiler will be collected shortly for transport to Bloemfontein where Lukas Nel’s team will continue with the final restoration.
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Work on cleaning up the tube plates is nearly complete although the grinding and welding is a slow but necessary process of the retubing.
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We could not resist these photographs of our Lawley BR7 (SAR NG 106) and sister NG105 that we received from Hannes Palling. They show the sisters at Fort Beaufort where they worked sometime between 1930 and 1934 and are credited to SH Carter. These two locos are the only Lawleys fitted with the “Fowler” type bogie tender. The other photo is of Hannes’ magnificent live steam model of NG105.
