The Gowrie Locomotive Trust 

In this update you will see that we are again concentrating on the ongoing machining of the cylinder castings, but we are also mentioning other parts that have been worked on recently. We start with the pattern for the handbrake column casting and the actual casting being machined. This now only requires the fixing holes drilling and the mating face where it sits up to the sidetank being formed for it to be finished. What follows is the machining of the bore for the piston ro

John Dunn is progressing well with the machining of the cylinders. What follows is a series of images showing the remaining work on the...

As mentioned in the last update, after being allowed to season in the workshop for almost a year, the cylinders were moved to John Dunn Engineering for machining to be carried out. Firstly, the castings needed to be set up on the borer table for them to be marked out, this can be seen in the accompanying illustrations. It has also been necessary to make suitable tooling and stops to make the machining operation easier. Also, because of the unusual shape of the castings, vario

The Hengist Locomotive Project hosted their annual open day on Saturday, April 13 2024, at CTL Seal LTD in Sheffield showing the two...

At the moment Stuart is concentrating on getting the trailing bogie to a suitable condition to go to the Hengist open day at CTL Seal on...