After many years being moved from pillar to post, the long-awaited restoration of the last ‘standard

Scotland was not exactly a stamping ground for Robert Riddles’ superlative ‘9F’ 2-10-0s. Indeed, none of the original 251 locomotives were ever allocated to Scottish sheds and, of those that did run north of the border, such occasional incursions were mostly made by those based out of Carlisle Kingmoor, which only received its first batch of ‘Spaceships’ as late as 1964. So, when No. 92219 – the penultimate ‘9F’ to be built – moved to Boat of Garten on the Strathspey Railway in May 2023, it made a little bit of history in becoming the first of its class to be officially based at a Scottish shed. But, more significantly, the move also heralded the start of its long-awaited restoration from Barry condition, and the beginning of its eventual return to steam after many years waiting in the wings.

Sunday, 3 November 2024

Dismantling July into August 2024.

 Extracting the left hand valves..

Putting a bit of pressure on to start the valves moving.

Once the inital movement was obtained, the valves were extracted from the front.

First one out.

And then the second one, the weight now being taken by the "A" frame.


 The valve bore now empty with a lot of debris at the front.

 

A cylinder cover 

The cylinder where it came from, leaving behind all the stumps of the studs which had to be cut.

Another pallet of parts for storage, including the R/H reverser shaft return spring.

A fully stripped left hand weigh shaft bracket with reverser pedestal and expansion link trunnion brackets.

The reverser cross shaft removed.

A tedious job is the drilling out of the cut studs which hold the piston and valve covers in place. This is the left hand front cylinder job underway.

A new front tube plate has been obtained.

 
 
Cutting out some fixings under the cab.
 


 

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