Bulleid Eastleigh Works Repairs

Seen on the 5305 LA website and Manston seemed ready. Will be in the area i nthe next few days, when will it be going back home to swanage?

 

test runs are going well within the works complex, the bogie is spot on now!

Heres a couple of videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JS-IsjbbKQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSsLb_MVwNw

 

Great videos. More history being made at Eastleigh!

 

Please dont take what im going to say as truth as i have only heard it from "around the yard" but wasnt the problem with the bogie something to do with the lubrication being calibratted for 25mph running , not 50mph . so how would they test if the bogie is spot on in the yard?

Like i say , i dont know how much truth is in that but just wondering.

 

Please dont take what im going to say as truth as i have only heard it from "around the yard" but wasnt the problem with the bogie something to do with the lubrication being calibratted for 25mph running , not 50mph . so how would they test if the bogie is spot on in the yard?

Like i say , i dont know how much truth is in that but just wondering.[/quote:ix9a1wsc]

Someone's winding you up

 

Please dont take what im going to say as truth as i have only heard it from "around the yard" but wasnt the problem with the bogie something to do with the lubrication being calibratted for 25mph running , not 50mph . so how would they test if the bogie is spot on in the yard?

Like i say , i dont know how much truth is in that but just wondering.[/quote:2l6mfzzd]

no, the bogie fault was nothing to do with lubrication

 

what ever the cause of the problem, all that maters is that the loco didnt sustain serious damage after all running a hot box can be caused by any number of things, all it takes is for a pad to move and you get no oil feed even at 25 mph you could still run the white metal and in br days an engine running its bearings was quite an often failure
as far as i can think there is no setting as such on bogies that you would adjust, except for increasing the strands on the pad to increase the flow oh and doing the normal checks on the boxes to make sure that there isnt water present when you oil up

 

Bullieds dont have trimmings on the bogie boxes, just pads

 

thanks dan, i wasnt sure on that one, ive known a pad move, and we had to remetal the bearings, i would have pm'ed you but my pm is currently disabled

 

Bullieds dont have trimmings on the bogie boxes, just pads[/quote:1cjajqee]

Dan, you are correct but I wonder if Martin meant the wick strands/tails on the base of the pad?

Martin, if you reduce the strands then you reduce the feed rate, to increase the feed you add more tails.

 

yes dan i did mean the tails =D> i remembered one of the ex eastleigh old boys explaining it to me the set up and showing me how to make trimmings

 

The bogie problem was absolutely, utterly, completly NOTHING to do with lubrication.

The lubrication issues were with the mechanical cylinder lubricators; their drive mechanism, anti-carbonisers and restrictors.

 

Bullieds dont have trimmings on the bogie boxes, just pads[/quote:1nn1fja0]

Dan, you are correct but I wonder if Martin meant the wick strands/tails on the base of the pad?

Martin, if you reduce the strands then you reduce the feed rate, to increase the feed you add more tails.[/quote:1nn1fja0]

Thats true about reducing or increasing the number of tails but only for the felt thrust pads on the front face of the underkeeps as these tails are fitted seperatley, then the felt pad fixed in place with brass screws over the top.

The number of tails on the back of the main oil pads are fixed by the manufacturer as they are weaved in during production. Although i guess you could cut some off if you really wanted to

 

Several, ironically, in his last post:-

"O.V.S woulds not be happy with the apparent assumption that he was a tyrant and overpowering with other guys! I am sure.

And. When did the magnificent 7 reduce below that number?

i.e the last seven original condition Bulleids in service."

 

Anyone have any idea as to the time and date at which Manston is leaving eastleigh works?

 

Yes thanks, all timings are held on a piece of white paper which is in pocket.

 

I’m sure at some point in time. The times will be posted on Wessex Rail Gen. Then we can all have the times.
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Posted on Wessex Rail Gen by trainspotters in jobs of miniscule authority on the Railway.

 

34070 Manston was towed by 37706 from Eastleigh Works to the Swanage Railway today. There was some sustained 45mph running (maximum speed for Bulleid locomotives - tender first). The rectification carried out by Swanage Railway fitters; to the bogie axleboxes and cylinder lubrication system, was a complete sucess.

Manston will be running on the Swanage Railway in August - there is some routine maintenance to be done now.

 

SR website update:

http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk/news564.htm