MHR Restorations and Overhauls

There are loads of locos running on heritage lines with non standard components that are perfectly safe for low speed lines that are a world of difference from 75mph on the big railway.

 

The LH front coupling rod acquired for use with Class 4 2-6-4 tank 80097 was found to have a flaw (crack) in it. We were instructed by the technical people at Derby that it was not usable, even with a weld repair, and should be scrapped. That was in the early 1990s.

 

Probably the safest thing in the absence of research and analysis but wasn't 80097 being prepared for mainline back then so that context would have been taken into account perhaps?

 

Are motion parts routinely subject to NDT in the context of heritage line restorations? I assume its mandatory for certification purposes on a mainline loco, like axles are too.

 

No.

 

So you contacted Derby to check whether it would be fit to use under the stress conditions of heritage line work?
The assumption in that case must be that a weld repair is bound to fail at some point irrespective of the type of stress applied. Wouldn't it be safe to frequently monitor the weld and act if it showed sign of change in condition? I could also see that a catastrophic failure might not be predictable though. Any experts?

 

i know that axles and wheels are, but i'm not sure if that includes motion, i think that as long as you can proove the metal spec and where it care from, and that it meets the mt275 spec, thats all thats needed, Bodmin had an NDT on its axles, and the drivers failed, so they were changed from 35009, but i cant remember any talk of the motion needing NDT testing, i must admit that when 73096 went mainline, it came as a big shock to those of us at ropley at the time we thought that it would need a full examination after the axles were passed, but all she got was a test run, and a trip to Clapham,

 

Not yet there isn't.......... as for the Met Cams, best ask our Alresford correspondent!

 

Far more of interest to MHR volunteers is the maroon TSO which we are gaining. I hear it's been used in the
Hogwarts express rake of coaches.

 

so its going to appear in alresford car park out of thin air then , just dont touch any thing you find in it, you dont want bleeding eden aka voldemort reappearing do you now , or to find any of freds puking pastles

 

Did that cotterpin on 34067 posess the co

Seems Kings Cross footbridge is having a magic effect on the rolling stock fleet.
What next... Glenfinnan viaduct appears over the M3 allowing trains to Winchester ?

 

I walked down the old trackbed at Martyr Worthy this morning (walking a client's dog!) -alas no viaduct has appeared yet, plus my boss' house was built on the station site at Itchen Abbas, so no trains to Winchester for a good while, even with the Potter effect!

 

whats next tti's using the cruiatus curse on fare dodgers , magical repaints of 850 and 925

 

And?.........................

So now we have the "Harry Potter" bridge & now the "Harry Potter" coach............ what's the marketing slogan going to be - "ride the Hogwarts Express & cross the tracks at Ropley over the Harry Potter bridge"?.......

The only good thing about that coach is, it isn't green!

The sooner we have a maroon rake the better........ followed by a blood & custard one!

 

Someone said to me the MHR are going to reinstate the West Meon line.

 

I can't see us getting a rake of maroon and you can only dream of a rake of blood and custard on the MHR. What about a rake of blue and gray? Would look very nice behind 37324.

 

i can remember when the railway had a blood & custard rake, 2 green rakes ans a couple of chockolate and cream coaches

 

Well, we'll soon have two when the TSO arrives - only need another three!

As for Blood & Custards......... fancy a midnight raid at Alresford?.................. you bring the paint & I'll bring me brushes!

And as for Blue & Grey.................... FORGET IT! leave that to the East Lancs,,,,,,,,,