Narrow Gauge report
We have received the following report from Stephan du Preez on what his department has been up to lately which we thought our readers may find of interest.
New storage shed
The ground work is finished. I used the grader to flatten and move some of the soil out of the shed. There are enough rail sections on site to finish the track into the. We have started laying rails. We will need to collect ballast from Vailima as soon as I fixed the Hunslet.
The first set of points is installed and we will start laying the rails from there.
BSA
I have made a new radiator cap for the BSA that needs to be polished and rubber insertion has been fitted to the running boards.
Hunslet
The new brake shoes have been fitted and needs to be set. The other items that needs attention is listed bellow
- Air brake cylinders needs new pistons and seals
- Fit drain to air tank and brake cylinders
- Replace engine oil & filter
- Set slack on gearbox
- Fit water separator between air tank and compressor
- Replace safety valve
Scrap 19D locos
I had to go to Bloemfontein so Lukas could show me how to remove the cross head assembly and to get the tools to do the job correctly.
