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...

We start this update with an image showing John Padget applying gloss paint to the inside of the carrier frames in readiness for the...

This was the day that the recently fabricated side tanks were delivered to the workshop to join the other components of the project. The...

In the last update, progress on the tanks and bunker had reached the stage where the left tank had been successfully water tested....

We thought we would share some exciting news, that the bunker was delivered to the workshop on 3rd September and placed onto the frames...

As mentioned in the last update, instructions had been given for the second cylinder to be cast and since the patterns had been made for...

Since the last update further progress has been made on the bunker. The accompanying illustration shows the progress to the point where...

On the 28th December 2023 a small group attended the workshop. The main reason for this being to load the platework for the bunker, cab...

We have recently taken delivery of the leaf springs for the power bogie. Although these had been ordered at the same time as the trailing...

As on the previous update, the wheelsets for the trailing bogie were delivered to Statfold Engineering for the previously mentioned...

January 24th was a big day for the project. After months of work and a lot of planning it was a day of arrivals. Late morning the...

After the initial assembly of the power bogie frames, more work is needed before they are ready to be sent away to be riveted. There are...

Following last weeks update we can now show you how much further the wheelsets have progressed. You can see that all the tyres have now...

Following our appeal for match funding earlier this year, we were happy to report that we had received enough to cover the platework for...

In the last update it was reported that some of the rivets had been delivered with the intention of fitting some of these once the...

Progress since the last update has been at a much slower pace for various reasons. It had been reported that the carrier frames were due...