Engineering updates

Engineering Update - July 2023

Encouraging progress on The Unknown Warrior has been made in the period since the last report.

Engineering Report - May 2023

 Work on The Unknown Warrior has continued over the period since the last report.

5551 Chassis. West Shed, April 2023. Photo by Colin Hall

Engineering Report - February 2023

Work on The Unknown Warrior has continued over the period since the last report. Significant progress is being made on the documentation and project planning to ensure we have captured all the work being done and compiling all the required documentation.

Engineering Report - November 2022

Work on The Unknown Warrior has continued over the period since the last report. It is very pleasing to be able to report physical progress towards the re-assembly of the chassis.

Engineering Update - August 2022

ENGINEERING REPORT – August 2022

Engineering Update - March 2022

As the regulations surrounding Covid have relaxed work on The Unknown Warrior has started to return to a more normal pace. Staffing levels at the PRCLT workshops have returned to pre-Covid levels, allowing more work to be undertaken. Added to this the overhaul of 6233 Duchess of Sutherland has been completed and the locomotive has returned to service hauling trains on the national network, both on its planned commitments and standing in successfully for another locomotive.

Engineering Update - August 2021

Work on The Unknown Warrior has continued at a limited pace since the last report.

 

Engineering Update - February 2021

 

Work on The Unknown Warrior has continued at a limited pace since the last report.

Engineering Update - October 2020

 

Work on The Unknown Warrior has continued at a limited pace since the last report due to the effects of the current world situation.

Engineering Update - August 2020

Work on The Unknown Warrior has continued at a limited pace since the last report due to the effects of the current worldwide situation.

5551 in the workshop at the West Shed. Photo by PRCLT

Engineering Update - May 2020

Work on The Unknown Warrior has continued at various location since the last report.

Construction of 5551 continues at a number of locations.

Physical work on 5551 has been very slow since the last report as can be expected due to the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic outbreak. Virtually all our suppliers have had to close down or if they are still open they are working with reduced staffing levels and only working on safety critical or key work projects. Unfortunately for us, whatever we think of 5551 we do not fit into these categories!

Engineering Update - February 2020

Work on The Unknown Warrior has continued at various locations since the last report.

Engineering Update - November 2019

Work on The Unknown Warrior has continued at various location since the last report.

Engineering Update - July 2019

Work on The Unknown Warrior has continued at various location since the last report.

Engineering Up-date - May 2019


Since the last Engineering report review we finally gained access to the former Boiler Shop at Crewe Heritage Centre which enabled us to vacate the Main Hall area which we had occupied since arrival at Crewe back in October 2018. The actual moving date was 18th April 2019 just prior to the Easter Bank Holiday.

Engineering Up-date - February 2019

Work on The Unknown Warrior since the last report has concentrated on establishing the true condition of vital components and assemblies.

Engineering Up-date - December 2018

 

A slightly different report for this edition of The Warrior which is centred on our departure from Llangollen and plans for the immediate future.

Engineering up-date - July 2018

Locomotive Frame Assembly

Work continues on the construction of The Unknown Warrior at number of locations.

The Unknown Warrior at Llangollen. Photo – Kevin West

Following the report in the last Warrior we have seen work re-started at Llangollen Railway Engineering, but not at the speed we had hoped. At least progress is being made.

We continue to work with Llangollen Engineering to establish a work schedule for the completion of the locomotive chassis.

45551 BOILER UPDATE!

Crown stays all drilled and we have now moved onto drilling the 1,600 side stays. Trial fitting of the copper firebox will then follow.

All photos: HBSS

Engineering up-date - May 2018 2018

Locomotive Frame Assembly

Work continues on the construction of The Unknown Warrior at number of locations.

I have said before that building a full size steam locomotive is not an easy task. The past 3 months have been one of increasing frustration due to delays in supply of parts from suppliers or poor quality work which has led to the rejection of a number of components that were not of sufficient quality to be used on The Unknown Warrior. This will have an effect on the assembly of the locomotive as the parts are long lead time replacements.

Engineering Up-date - February 2018

Locomotive Frame Assembly

Firstly, an apoligy from me for the delay in posting this up-date. The reports are created around the schedule for our Warrior Newsletter, for this up-date I just forgot to post it on the web-site!

Work continues on the construction of The Unknown Warrior at number of locations.

Board Members inspect progress on the boiler at West Shed, Sat 27th January prior to a board meeting. Photo – Kevin West

Engineering up-date - December 2017

Just a quick end of year report majoring on progress on the Boiler at Heritage Boiler Steam Services.

Work continues on the construction of The Unknown Warrior at number of locations.

Engineering Up-date - November 2017

Locomotive Frame Assembly

Work continues on the construction of The Unknown Warrior at number of locations.

The Unknown Warrior, Llangollen.  2nd October 2017. Photo – Kevin West

Work is continuing on the installation of parts onto the locomotive chassis.

Recent work has seen the final fitting of the four brackets and mountings for the Main Reverser Shaft, the two brackets for the Inside Expansion Link and the single bracket for the Intermediate Reverser Shaft.

Boiler Update

The foundation ring has now been riveted to the inner firebox at LNWR Heritage at Crewe. This is the final job that LNWR has undertaken on the new Patriot Boiler before it moves to a new contractor.

Contracts were signed with our new boiler contractor on 10th November, and further details will be announced soon.

Engineering Up-date - July 2017

Locomotive Frame Assembly

Work continues on the construction of The Unknown Warrior at number of locations.

Following the decision by LNWR Heritage to end all sub-contract work, the workload for the engineering team has increased substantially. This has impacted in several areas, including the time that would normally have been spent compiling these engineering updates. I hope that the workload will reduce in the coming months so the frequency of the reports will become more frequent.

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