Small Prairie 4561 Restoration diary
Progress reports from Williton, Minehead and Lancashire, with photographs, from 2020 to today.
Fitted bolts and steam port studs for the cylinders
The next job was to make and permanently insert the fitted bolts and nuts for the cylinder joint. The cylinder block was then taken off the ‘coffee table’…
Checking cylinder alignment to GWR tolerances
Having set the cylinders up the first check made was that both castings were sitting flat on the ‘table’. This was done between each casting and the ‘table’…
Cylinders set up on the ‘coffee table’
Machining of the surface table to form a level datum for assembling the cylinders has been completed and the resulting block mounted on a welded steel framework. It…
Horn stays complete and cylinder castings brought in
Work on the horn blocks and stays has now been completed and all have been fitted as can be seen in the photo. of the mainframe. This has…
Fitting and machining the horn stays
Ryan has made good progress with fitting the horn stays. This photo shows the RL Horn with its stay as fitted. The upright mating faces of the horn…
Horn stay studs, and a call for volunteers
There has been a lull in progress over the last couple of weeks owing to other priorities in Williton Works taking up Ryan Pope’s time. However volunteers John…
Right driving horn blocks fitted and new horn stays
This Photo shows the Right Driving horn with both horn blocks snugly in place and bolted to the frame plate. The domed heads of the 14 fitted bolts,…
Horn block bolts and new expansion links
Having fitted the bolts to 5 sets of horn blocks so far the final 14 bolts are seen here during manufacture. The two on the left have their…
New cylinders arrive at Williton
At around 9.30 on the morning of 20 August Andy Lee (on ground) and his colleague from R&A Transport are looking very pleased with themselves in photo.1 (courtesy…
Welcome to the 4561 restoration blog: new frames and cylinders
Welcome to our restoring 4561 blog, which in the first instance will document the progress to rolling chassis. The majority of the work is being done at Williton…