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May 2021 working party

Loco brake stretcher, showing the area which fouls the wheel flange when all components are at maximum size.
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View of Snowdon from the Cob, late May bank holiday.
Trial assembly of one of the brake equalising links.
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Trial assembly of a brake block,carrier and hanger.
The commutator of the turbogenerator before we started work.
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Loading a coal wagon ready for train services to re-start.
No toys left in the box!
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Refurbished turbogenerator, as returned from Gem Rewinds.
The terminal box in the refurbished turbogenerator.
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The refurbished commutator and brushes
Stages in the development of the pattern for the new turbine blades.
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Some newly cast blades, compared to the original and a pattern.
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A newly cast blade, compared to the original and a pattern. Note how the original was damaged when the governor mechanism fell apart at high speed some time in the loco's previous history.
A new turbine blade trial-fitted in the existing turbine disc.
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Prototype fixture for holding the cast turbine blades.