William Cook Cast products have completed the casting of the Coupled Axleboxes and the Cannonbox sections ordered, as reported, last month. It is interesting to compare the actual castings with the CAD images illustrated earlier.
The patterns shown below have been kindly loaned to B17 by the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, whose generous help is gratefully acknowledged.
Coupled Axlebox (Leading Axle)
Cannon Boxes (Intermediate/Driving and Trailing Axles)
Work will now commence on checking the wheel patterns before casting these.