C2 PROJECT
C2 Photo Album
album:Early_June_2025
Drivers side slide bar in final position aligned in both the vertical and horizontal planes to the cylinder bore.
Castle nuts fitted to the rear of the slidebar fitted bolts.
Connecting rods cleaned up and painted with primer for some corrosion protection.
A nice new set of burrs for the tool cupboard. They were not used this working party - It's just a nice picture!
M8 and M10 studs were made by hand by Andrew. Although this took a couple of hours, it was time well spent.
Positioning and measuring the position of the drivers side slidebar.
The curve into the C2 shed is very tight. Much tighter than it would otherwise have to negotiate when in traffic. Therefore the minimum gap between the loco and tender was measured on this curve. The result is that the new draw bar gives plenty of clearance.
The curve into the C2 shed is very tight. Much tighter than it would otherwise have to negotiate when in traffic. Therefore the minimum gap between the loco and tender was measured on this curve. The result is that the new draw bar gives plenty of clearance.
The C2 and tender connected together again using the new draw bar ready for towing to Porthmadog at the coming Railway 200 gala later in June.
Dave 1 and Chris inspecting and fitting tender brake gear linkage split pins on 18 road pit at Boston Lodge.
This is what keeps us going on a busy working party. Cakes. With thanks to Emily (for the piece on the right) and to CelEmmabrations Cakes for the box of brownies. CelEmmabrations Cakes on Facebook
Dave 1 and Chris inspecting and fitting tender brake gear linkage split pins on 18 road pit at Boston Lodge.