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Canterbury Railway Society Inc News Heritage Train Project News Update 1/10/00 OCTOBER 2000 The commissioning of the heritage train has had to be deferred owing to additional work required on the boiler of D 140, and to insufficient progress on D 26. The train was to have been commissioned on December 9, 2000, but a new date has been tentatively set for the Easter weekend in 2001. AUGUST 2000 D 140: The underframe was towed back and forth between Moorhouse and Ferrymead to check on the work done to date. The testing wast successful. Work continues on the side tanks. JULY 2000 F 78: Awaiting all door locks, axle box checks, new wools and oiling up, window cleaning and general cleanup. F 79: Exterior - Side end sheeting complete. End bracing metal straps and corner brackets fitted and secured. New luggage door pillar fitted. Luggage door top runner brackets refurbished and fitted.Luggage door bottom runners manufgactured and one fitted. Westinghouse brake pipework and rigging proceeding. Handbrake installed and connected up. New step brackets manufactured and in place. Interior - New floor installed. New T&G lining installed and primed. Handbrake end door pillars repaired and door jamb fitted. Opposite handbrake end - New pillars installed and new porch pillars installed. Burning off ceiling paint proceeding. Handbrake end - Tool box and guards seat and box installed. D 26: New window frames completed and on hand ready for varnishing and glazing. D 140: Underframe work completed. Cowling work around cylinders and fibre glass installation done. Cylinder drain cocks and gear now in working order. Headstocks finished as are the buffers ready for installation. Sandboxes refurbished and sanding gear repaired. Running boards completed. Piston rings manufactured and ready for machining before installation in cylinders. All coupling and bearing brasses and cast and machining is proceeding. D boiler has had an acid treatment to soften scale and is due to have another treatment soon. Side tank construction is underway. APRIL 2000 D 140: Tank construction progressing. Boiler being inspected. Valve gear being fitted. F 78: Side doors to have locks fitted. Windows to be glazed. Luggage doors to have locks fitted. Axle boxes to be packed and oiled, then the van should be ready for use. F 79: Flooring completely removed as have been other materials in disrepair. Brake rigging being reinstalled. New flooring material and tongue in groove cladding on site. Parts being recycled from carriage ends ex Southbridge. D 26: A grant of $11250 has been received from the Lotteries Grants Board for the restoration of this carriage and work will hopefully recommence soon with the aim of having it completed in time for the Sesquicentennial event. MARCH 2000 D 140: The cylinders were recently lifted onto the frames. The next big job is to manufacture new side tanks, and work has started measuring up the old tanks which will be used as patterns. The boiler is to be inspected by the boiler inspector before it is retubed for the hydraulic test, and requires a crack in the steam dome to be repaired. The loco cylinders and valve gear are presently being machined. F 78: Side guards doors awaiting painting and glazing. Floor sanded and varnished. F 79: Being assessed for restoration. Some materials on hand. Purchase of timber being calculated. FEBRUARY 2000 D 140: The boiler has been sandblasted and primed as part of the preparation for inspection and hydraulic testing. It has now re-entered the workshop for further preparatory work. As some will know the boiler was a longtime resident of the workshop in the 80s when the D was under restoration then. F 79: Has now entered the workshop and restoration is underway. D 26: Has left the workshop and returned to the carriage shed. Work may continue if funding becomes available later. JANUARY 2000 D 140: The boiler has been placed on a wagon and moved to the workshop area to be prepared for an inspection. It is to be sandblasted as part of the preparation for this important step. The boiler is currently missing all the tubes but a set of these is on hand and will be fitted. A new smokebox has been made. DECEMBER 1999 D 140: is back on its wheels for the first time in many years. As many members will know, 140 has been a feature of the workshop for a number of years with its dismantled frame sitting at the back of the pit road while various aspects were worked on. Now, after the completion of bearing work, the D is at last mobile again. The front axle has been refitted, headstocks and inside valve gear installed. The next big task awaiting the restorers is the boiler. F 79: Has been moved out of the carriage shed and will be put into the workshop for restoration. LB 3409: Has been moved out of the carriage shed and will be put into the workshop for restoration. D 26: Underframe restoration carried out, new headstocks. Funding application made to Lotteries Grants Board for body restoration. NOVEMBER 1999 D 26: Underframe restoration proceeding with one headstock and trimmer fitted. Ironwork being reconditioned. F 78: Floor ready for sanding D 140: Lathe work on four main driver bearings complete. Bearings being fitted to axles. Cylinder fronts being ground into position. JULY 1999 D 140: Cylinders removed from underframe. Valves and assembly being reconditioned. Springs sent to blacksmith. Piston guide bars being machined. Guide bar slippers being cast. Westinghouse pump under overhaul. F 78: Repainted in red colours. Ends painted mahogany, corner posts black, hand grabs white. Luggage doors refitted. Locks, hand grabs, loading, number and class plates to be fitted. F 79: Has been emptied (was previously used for storage).
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