34092 City of Wells

Does anyone have any current news or pictures of 34092. I understand that the new high sided tender tank has been fitted to the frames and that work on the loco itself is now focussed on the bolier and to fitting the tubes?

 

There was an article in last month's Heritage Railway by Peter Kelly which gave an update on progress including other locos on the Worth Valley. Progress is slow but steady with no date given for completion. It is also unlikely to be going mainline.

 

City of wells is progressing well Its not my place to say anymore than that but she is getting there slowly. a watched kettle never boils gents !

 

if you look on the kwvr web site they have a photo of the tender, it's on the right hand side near the bottom of the homepage. mark

 

The Telegraph & Argus (Bradford) carried the story of the tender tank at http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/5053472.Tender_nearer_to_reunion_with_loco/. This slightly predates the picture on the KWVR website.

 

Last i heard it was going Mainline thats why it has taken so long because everything has to be done by qualified engineers

 

I dont know where you got your infomation from .

 

Qualified engineers or experienced craftsmen?

Regards

 

Ok then city of wells is progressing well all i will say is when she steams You will know about it so dont worry as for two manydjs comments i really dont know who told you that.

 

That's an interesting statement to come from a NELPG member!!

 

Fire in the firebox w/e 3/4th March

 

Nonsense! Everything does NOT have to be done by qualified engineers. You certainly don't need an NVQ in "scraping crud off things" before you can start cleaning the frames, wheels etc. of a loco.

 

If that were true then the world of steam preservation, especially mainline, would be in for some nasty shocks.
Also, how do you interpret the word "Qualified". Served a full 5 year apprenticeship, got ONC, HNC, HND, MIMechE or what?

 

I think Certified is a better word, most on here either are, or should be !.... # :>

 

I'm qualified in 'reverse engineering'!

 

Will be good to see another Spamcan back on the rails. Didn't see much of '92 last time round, although I did manage to catch her first test run on the KWVR all those years ago, so hope to see more of jet this time round.

 

Will be nice to have another out and about, and to see if I can finally break my spamcam in steam duck.

 

Not seen a Spamcan in steam? You poor thing.