The 44422 LOCOMOTIVE FUND LNWR 29th September 2009
Steam test day for and 6233
was given a special treat by being allowed to sit alongside the
4F. Work was still continuing on the engine while the boiler
was warming up. 29/09/2009
The coal was not exactly the
cleanest the engine has ever seen. 29/09/2009
In fact it was downright dirty. 29/09/2009
Fire!!! - just kidding. 29/09/2009
At last the gauge started to
climb and wisps of the white stuff could be seen. 29/09/2009
Resting after a hard day's running
while the 04 shunter moves stock around to allow 44422 to reach
the departure line. 29/09/2009
44422 having moved onto
the "departure" line was buffered up to 60009, "Union
of South Africa" the third pacific in one day. In front
of 09 is 6201 "Princess Elizabeth". 29/09/2009
Simmering gently as it
cools down ready for departure. The engine had been running up
and down the yard all day without any problems following repairs
to the damage caused when it "hydrauliced". The testing
time will come when it's given its head on the Nene Valley Railway.
During the day the boiler passed its annual inspection. 29/09/2009
Chris Jefferies, stalwart
of the organisation, putting the baby to bed prior to its transfer
by road to Peterborough. 44422 is scheduled to return to Crewe
for a Winter overhaul towards the end of the year. 29/09/2009
As ever the 44422 LOCOMOTIVE
FUND extends its thanks to the management and staff at LNWR Heritage,
Crewe, for their diligence and attention to detail during the
repairs to the engine.
