Following on from the delivery of the cast Hornblocks by William Cook’s to our engineering base at CTL Seal as previously reported for April, the Trust is pleased to report the next stage of the Rolling Chassis has commenced. With the easing of the Coronavirus lockdown rules, the patterns for the Cannon Axle boxes and the Coupled Axle boxes, along with the patterns for the 6’8” driving wheels, have been collected from their various storage areas in Darlington and delivered to the William Cook premises in Sheffield for casting.
Casting of these items will proceed whilst the Hornblocks are machined and fitted to the chassis at CTL Seal Ltd.
Our thanks go to the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust for the loan of these patterns.