80105's boiler back in it's frames
Автокөліктер мен көлік құралдары
This was a grand day indeed for the steam guys at The Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway when on the 9th of March 2024 the boiler of 2-6-4T British Railways Class 4MT 'Standard Tank' No.80105 was reunited with its frames which was a huge step forward and not one of the working staff present was under 69 years old now that what you call pure dedication. Please love these guys and give them a big thumbs up.
Owned by Locomotive Owners’ Group (Scotland) Ltd.
BR black livery.
Built 1955, BR Brighton Works. Original cost £18,206.
After World War 2, it was necessary to provide new locomotives to replace worn out equipment. So, when the railways were amalgamated into British Railways, the locomotive engineers were given the task "to compare existing techniques and standardise the best". From this came a range of twelve new classes of locomotives to suit different power requirements. The 2-6-4 tank design was intended for heavy mixed traffic duties, and 155 were built for service throughout Britain, of which almost 50 saw duties in Scotland.
In 1952, the first of the class in Scotland were allocated to Inverurie (replacing life-expired locomotives from the Great North of Scotland Railway on services to Ballater, Buchan and Aberdeen - Inverness) and to Polmadie and Corkerhill sheds in Glasgow for outer suburban traffic which extended even to Edinburgh (Princes Street), and to Carlisle (via Dumfries). Later arrivals were shedded at Dundee, Stirling and Perth (the latter working to Inverness). The class was also found at Dumfries, Hawick and Beattock (for banking assistance).
No.80105 was one of a batch which was set to work on the London, Tilbury and Southend section out of London Fenchurch St. It was displaced by electrification, after only 8 years service, to the Western Region for use on the Cambrian Coast sections. The locomotive was then based variously at Machynlleth, Shrewsbury and Croes Newydd, before final withdrawal in 1965, still in almost new condition and in no need of a heavy overhaul.
The locomotive was bought from Woodham's scrapyard in Barry, South Wales, in 1975 by a group of SRPS members. It is a mainstay of Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway services, but has also visited several other railways north and south of the border.
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Enjoyable video. Quite the job. Fitting the ash pan seemed harder that setting the whole rig on the frame. Excellent work. I'm of that age group and I'm having a fit trying to assemble some metal shelving units. Take care, stay safe. jack, In The Valley of The Sun, Arizona, U.S.A.
@ecksfilesbonyuk8
2 ай бұрын
Jack thank you so much for your comments 😃👍🚂
A job well done by knowledgeable engineers. Wish we had the engineering shop like you have. Best wishes for 2024 season from Helston railway.
@ecksfilesbonyuk8
4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much Adrian for your kind comments. It is indeed a great engineering shop they have so take care 😀👍🚂
Thanks for sharing Alec,a lot of skill,teamwork involved to achieve that massive step forward to getting 80105 back as an operational steam locomotive .WELL DONE .Willie
@ecksfilesbonyuk8
4 ай бұрын
William thank you for enjoying my video, indeed a massive step forward and you were also part of the team involved so take care Willie 🚂😃👍👍
@johndonaldson3619
4 ай бұрын
Skill and teamwork? How about an awful lot of cash?
@ecksfilesbonyuk8
4 ай бұрын
John thank you for your comment, Helped by Lottery funding so take care John👍🚂
Just to say chaps what a brilliant job you are all doing to restore an 80 thousand tank.
@ecksfilesbonyuk8
4 ай бұрын
Mike thank you so much for your kind comments, I would say all of the guys at the B&KR certainly deserve praise for the work that they do 👍👍😄
Bo'ness has a superb operation which has well earned it's reputation for excellence.
@ecksfilesbonyuk8
3 ай бұрын
Howard thank you so much for your kind comments 😃👍🚂
Hi, keep up the great work, I love to watch these Boness videos. Proper engineering work going on there.
@ecksfilesbonyuk8
4 ай бұрын
Thank you for your kind comments and for enjoying my videos 😃👍🚂
What a magnificent workforce. Many thanks for sharing this most interesting video.
@ecksfilesbonyuk8
4 ай бұрын
Thank you for your kind comments glad you enjoyed my video, All of the guys in my video are over 60 but still young at heart bless them🚂🎖🏆👍😆
@ecksfilesbonyuk8
4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for your comment and for enjoying my video
Great video from start to finish, what a team putting the boiler back in.
@ecksfilesbonyuk8
4 ай бұрын
Thank you for your comments glad you enjoyed my video😄👍🚂
@ecksfilesbonyuk8
4 ай бұрын
Thank you for your kind comments so take care
OH DEAR Well done everybody..... All in all, a job well done after much hard work being done to prepare it.......BUT: Well what could possibly go wrong if you put your hand in the space between the bottom of the Foundation Ring and the Ashpan at 23:09....and then leave your fingers there for a while....? A Hard Hat and a High-Viz Jacket won't be much use....... ...and yes, Crowbars do bend when your trying to do too much with them........ James Hennighan Yorkshire, England
@ecksfilesbonyuk8
4 ай бұрын
James thanks for your comments😃👍🚂
Great bunch of guys to work with. It's a shame Ron will not see it in steam.
@ecksfilesbonyuk8
4 ай бұрын
I totally agree a great bunch of guys and I'm sure Ron will be looking down on you all every bit of the way 🚂🙏👍😃
Great video
@ecksfilesbonyuk8
4 ай бұрын
Owen thank you for enjoying my video 👍🚂😃
Nice! I can't wait to see her run!.
@TheHoveHeretic
4 ай бұрын
I've been saying that about the Bluebell's 80100 for decades. No longer sure I'll live long enough to see it!
@ecksfilesbonyuk8
Ай бұрын
Rick yes indeed cant wait to see her run again
Congratulations to all the people working on this locomtive. Hopefully, once it is back in full working order it will be used on the B&KR rather than hired out to other railways.
@ecksfilesbonyuk8
4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for your comments and your congratulations to all the guys in the steam department 😃👍🚂
Always a major milestone in any restoration 👏 I often walk by the shed at the Strathspey Railway in Aviemore, and they just reunited the boiler and frames of one of their Ivatt 2MTs last week 😀 On a sidenote: any idea what's happening with that hydrogen train they were experimenting with?
@ecksfilesbonyuk8
4 ай бұрын
Hi Joel, thanks for the great news about their Ivatt at Strathspey Railway Aviemore, The hydrogen train has long since finished its successful testing at Bo'ness😃👍🚂
Fair play to them dads.
@ecksfilesbonyuk8
4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for your comment, glad you watched my video😃👍🚂
How does boness manage to stay so cashed up when many other preservation groups are struggling to buy a few tons of coal?
@ecksfilesbonyuk8
4 ай бұрын
John, thank you for your comments, Lottery funding has helped this hard working preservation at Bo'ness and I hope that all preservation groups get the same help
Fascinating 41 minutes, but how long did it really take?
@ecksfilesbonyuk8
4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for your kind comments. The job took roughly about 7 hours and you bet we were all glad it was done indoors as the weather was raw outside 👍🚂😃
well done sad the age of these guys holding this knowledge and interest. not helped by the complete lack of technical classes anymore at schools for young kids all they get is how to design things not how to make it with real tools.
@ecksfilesbonyuk8
4 ай бұрын
Gavin thank you so much for your interesting comments so take care 😀👍🚂
@TheHoveHeretic
4 ай бұрын
Dunno if you've happened on the Railcar Restorers channel. ⅔of their team (i.e. 2 of them) are under 40 and it'd be impossible to get more 'hands on', when it comes to bodywork. I'm delighted to follow their efforts on KZread (as well as give 'em a gratuitous plug!!), as so many 1st gen DMMUs were lost to indifference, or for being on the "TFD" list (asbestos and corrosion due to electrochemical reactivity being common culprits) ....and I'm sure with steam locos, many of us can remember when a need for, say, a replacement throat plate meant a steam loco being sidelined indefinitely, or mined for spares. Where I'd like to see some progress is with fuel. Whatever muck is being thrown into fireboxes right now ain't doing the movement too many favours. BR 'standards' seem to cope far better than older, saturated locos, where sooner or later, smoke is going to produce some unwelcome developments. TBH, the same is true of too many preserved diesels
That was painful to watch
@ecksfilesbonyuk8
4 ай бұрын
Simon thanks for your comment👽👀😃
If at first you don't succeed - get a bigger hammer!
@ecksfilesbonyuk8
4 ай бұрын
Ian thanks for your comments😃👍🚂