Raising Steam 2013 Vol.27 No.4

Raising Steam

Steam Appr entice Club

Editor

Jenny Lee, 3 Lanes Close, Kings Bromley, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 7JS 01543 473124 jen massey@hotmail co uk

Chairman

Elaine Massey, 21 Down Close, Northolt, Middlesex UB5 6NS Tel: 020 8248 6570 elainermassey@live co uk

Vice Chairman

Hugh Dyson, 32 Granary End, Witchford, Ely, Cambridgeshire CB6 2WF Tel: 01353 667150 hugh dyson@inbox com

Membership Secretary

Sue Cook, Dolfarni, Church Lane, Kirkby la Thorpe, Sleaford, Lincolnshire NG34 9NU

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Webmaster

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SAC Committee

Joe Black Tel: 07595 466353 joe@seddonandblack co uk

David Lee davidjameslee2003@yahoo.co.uk

Matthew Lund Tel: 01329 832462 matt lund@engineer com

Kevin Munn Tel: 020 8573 9180 sac contact6@ntet co uk

Barry Sumsion Tel: 01633 671798 barrysumsion@gmail.com

Helen Tyrrell Tel: 01793 751830 helen@thetyrrells org Burrell Project Co-ordinator

Hugh Dyson Tel: 01353 667150 hugh.dyson@inbox.com

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Fr om the Editor

Jenny Lee

Hi readers, my name is Jenny Lee, and I am your new editor. I have been involved with the SAC for many years (since I was six!). I have been to the driving days, done the NTET driving course, completed my log book and other things while I was a member. Now it is my turn to give something back

My family have a Marshall general purpose engine called Mar y, No. 84679. She is a recent purchase (only been the owners for the last month) so we are still getting to know her Hopefully we will get out with her at the end of October at the Klondyke Mill gathering in Draycott-in-the - Clay. We are also involved with a narrow gauge railway, crewing on a locomotive during their open days in the summer months. It is nice being involved in both worlds of the steam movement (rail and road), although they are very different. Mainly to do with the laws surrounding the younger generation. We are very lucky in the road steam to be able to get away with what we do. We have had a busy year this year, with just a few changes – like our Chairman! Talking of which, I would like to congratulate Elaine Massey, and wish her the best of luck. I would also like to

say a hearty farewell to John and Nanette Durling , and to thank you for all your hard work.

It’s wind down now for the winter, but not all the work is over. It’s ‘ Winterising’ time! Feel free to send in photos about you ‘winterising’ engines, or anything you like. Send them via post, email, or even post them on our Facebook wall I look forward to hearing from you!

Goodbye fr om the Chairman

John Durling

I’m not sure how to start this as I have been working with the SAC for a long time Most of you weren’t born when I first became involved. Perhaps that is a good enough reason in itself to stand down!

However, some of you will know, and others be finding out now, that I have resigned as Chairman of the SAC after two stints at the job, adding up to 11 years in total.

During that time the SAC has grown to nearly three times its original size and changed almost out of recognition. When I started, you members wrote to us with pen and paper – how many do that these days? I have made many friends, both

amongst the Apprentices and the adults and hope that these friendships will continue now that I am no longer directly involved. I will of course keep an eye on how things are going!

We will still be taking Morning Star to several rallies each year so if you see Nan, Ian or me out and about don’t be shy, come and say hello.

Goodbye for now and good luck to Elaine as she takes over the Chairman’s role I must not forget to wish your new editor, Jenny Lee, good luck too as she takes over from Nanette. Keep smiling and happy steaming next year

Fr om the Chairman

Elaine Massey

I am Elaine Massey and I have now taken over as Chairman of the SAC. Many of you will know me already as I have held the position of vice-chair for many years.

I own the big Garrett traction engine Olive which was originally ‘superheated’ and so it has a U shaped smoke box with a flat top, rather than the round smoke box on all the other traction engines. Once again she was at the Great Dorset Steam Fair and had Apprentices on her for several days. At least we didn’t need wellies this year, although of course I am still trying to get rid of the dust on everything!

Watch out in Old Glor y for some pictures taken at the Apprentice Cavalcade on Thursday at the Great Dorset Steam Fair.

The Burrell is progressing very well, we had a lot of Apprentices in the marquee at Dorset, and it will be at the Model Engineering exhibition at Sandown Park Racecourse in December. Please watch out on the website for more details of this and other opportunities to get involved with this exciting project. Remember it must be finished completely by August next year, and there’s still a lot of work to do!

WE, the committee, NEED FEEDBACK! What are we doing right, wrong , do you like the new style R aising Steam, are we meeting your needs? Drop me an e -mail PLEASE so that we can plan for next year. As the next magazine will be the first of next year, I will wish you all a Happy Christmas!

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Write to us!

SAC Driving Days –13/14 April 2013 Fengate Farm

Dear Editor,

We arrived Friday evening to be greeted by others who had been before. We set up camp and organised some tea. We joined our fellow campers round their camp fire and chatted about past SAC events and what happens etc. We were told to meet at the farmhouse, where the engines were kept at 9.00am in the morning . We then decided to have an early night (well it did start to rain).

Up bright and early, woke to a lovely day, sunshine and warm Had breakfast outside and got my overalls on ready for the day. Walked to the farmhouse and met with all other Apprentices. We were paired up, experienced Apprentice with first timers (like me). We were then matched to the engines. They wanted some big lads for the ploughing engine so Adam and me were chosen! Adam was great, telling me what was what and what to do Having got the engine ready, we set off to the fields. I wasn’t allowed to steer on the road, but once we got to the field, Adam let me take

engine.

over under John’s watchful eye.

We had great fun driving around, hooking up trailers with logs on, and generally having the time of our lives We had to keep the coal bunker full and I managed to get smuts everywhere. I was shown how to drive and was in control, it was great to have such a big engine under my control (supervised well)!

Mr. Parrott arranged for a burger wagon to supply our dinner, it was very kind of him to sort this out and we were all very hungry after a long morning’s work. After lunch, back to the engines, learning more and more as we went along . My arms ached after all the steering .

The whole event was great and I would like to thank all involved who arranged it, especially Mr Parrott for supplying the engines and fields We were made to feel very welcome and learnt so much. I don’t have access to an engine so for me it was great to get first-hand experience, in the hope that when I do have an engine of my own, I will know how to handle it. I look forward to more events like this!

George Turner (13) - 5327

Book Review

Books for Steamers

Well I have definitely found one to go on your Christmas lists this time!

It’s the new book from Christopher Vine in the Peter ’s Railway series.

This book begins with a visit to the railway by children from Peter ’s school. On returning to school they have an idea. After calculating how much fuel is used by all the parents doing the school run they decide to try and persuade ‘Grandad’ to extend his line. Realising that this would cost a considerable amount of money, Peter and Grandad

write to the Minister of Transport for funding .

The story, about an extension to their miniature railway in order to transport the local children to school, is magic. As with all Christopher Vine’s books, the chapters of the story are interspersed with really informative technical pages about railway operations and renewable energy.

The book is a real pleasure to read, and will appeal to all our readers in the SAC and those who read to them as well!

New Members

Jenny Lee

We a r e a l w

new members to learn about and enjoy our hobby so imagine my surprise when I was approached by Leyla Kettle, who wanted her and her partner ’s (William

Wo o d w a r d ) c h i l d r

– t h e surprise being their ages. Harriet is just 2 months old and Leonard is 18 months

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steam apprentices many years ago and i n d e e d t h a

you all.

New Appr entices

The SAC welcomes the following new members

Alan Abbott, Bedfordshire

Micheal Abbott, Bristol

Francesca Allerton, East Sussex

Tristan Astbury, Bristol

Alisha Barnes, Shrewsbury

Ross Barnes, Shrewsbury

Thomas Bateman, Coventry

Thomas Bickley, Wrexham

William Brackstone, Dorset

Abbey Bray, Cornwall

Ashley Bray, Cornwall

Charlie Cater, Norfolk

Harry Cater, Norfolk

Aimee Collis, West Sussex

Jasmine Collis, West Sussex

Ryan Coombes, Somerset

Oliver Cope, Derby

Jasper Crabb, Somerset

Benjamin Curtis, Somerset

Joseph Davies, Merthyr Tydfil

Ethan Davis, West Sussex

William Davis, East Sussex

Stan Dickinson, Lancashire

Edward Eversfield, Newhaven

Max Fisher, Dorset

Thomas Gardiner, Liverpool

Joseph Gardner, East Sussex

Matthew Gardner, East Sussex

Kieran Garnett- Brown, Dorset

Ben Hackney, Herefordshire

Kian Hagley, Worcestershire

Sean Hallam, Derbyshire

Samuel Hawkins -Ellis, West Sussex

Isabella Healey, Shropshire

Daniel Herring , Cheshire

Luke Hitchcock, Bedfordshire

Joshua Holmes, Southampton

William Holmes, Southampton

Sam Hudson, Lancashire

Owen Isaac, Somerset

Harrison James, Cornwall

Jonathan Jewell, Surrey

Jamie Johnson, Nottingham

Tommy Johnson, Nottingham

Bodie Kidd, East Sussex

Nicole Kowarewicz, Hampshire

Harry Latham, Nantwich

Brandon Machin, Sheffield

Ebony Machin, Sheffield

Jack Marcham, Oxfordshire

Ruby Mason, West Sussex

Andrew Miles, West Sussex

Hannah Morris, Worcestershire

Ben Neugebauer, Cambridgeshire

Mai Oliver, Cornwall

Richard Paddley, Hertfordshire

Job Payne, Kent

Anna Pearce, Avon

Tazmin Pearce, Avon

Joe Plant, East Sussex

Kirsty Plant, East Sussex

Jack Potter, Norfolk

Thomas Potter, Norfolk

William Pottle, Hertfordshire

Roxy Powell, East Sussex

Joe Rawlings, Dorset

Harry Saberton, Ipswich

Liam Scott, Wiltshire

Kingsley Selmes, Hampshire

Jacob Shone, Norfolk

Ben Simmons, Southampton

Jack Simmons, Southampton

Charlotte -May Smart, Hampshire

Dillon Stepney, West Sussex

George Stevens, Kent

Oliver Stevens, Kent

Joshua Symes, Dorset

Patrick Teper, Lancashire

Ashley Thompson, East Sussex

Hayley Toms, Hampshire

Christopher Tucker, Wiltshire

Cameron Tyler, Gloucestershire

Daniel Ward, Cleveland

Tom Williams, Lincolnshire

Harriet Woodward, Cheshire

Leonard Woodward, Cheshire

Competition

Jenny Lee

Now for this year ’s competitions. As y o u k n o w, t h e y a r e a l l j u d g e d a t t h e Great Dorset Steam Fair by Colin Tyson ( e d i t o r o f O l d G l o r y ) , A a r o n S t e p h e n s ( f a i r g r o u n d a r t i s t ) , a n d D a v e D a v i s (Robey Trust).

H e r e t h e y a r e , l o o k i n g v e r y s e r i o u s during the judging

N o w b e f o r e w e s t a r t , I w o u l d j u s t

l i k e t o s a y t h a t a l l o f t h e e n t r i e s w e r e absolutely amazing and if it were up to m e y o u w o u l d a l l b e w i n n e r s , w h i c h I guess is why I don’t judge them

T h e w i n n e r s f o r t h e c o l o u r i n g competition are Luke Green, who came 1 s t , A l i c e S h e r g o l d , 2 n d , a n d C a l l u m Sloggie, 3rd.

T h e p h o t o g r a p h i c c o m p e t i t i o n

w i n n e r s f o r t h e j u n i o r s a r e J a c k Wallbridge, 1st, Harry Garrod, 2nd, and

Alice Shergold, 3rd.

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c o m p e t i t i o n , t h

G r e e n , 1 s t , D a n i e l l e Wa i n w r i g h t , 2 n d , and James Atkins, 3rd.

Last, but by all means not least, the model competition. The winners are as f o l l o w s ; C h r i s t i a n Ty r r e l l , 1 s t , C h r i s Forbes, 2nd, and Karl Trussler, 3rd

U nf o r t una t el y, s o me o f t h e wi nni ng entries were sent back before I had the chance to scan them for the magazine, so not all of the entries are shown here

I w o u l d l i k e t o c o n g r a t u l a t e a l l t h e winners for this year ’s competitions, and to all the entrants as well. They were all so brilliant. I would also like to remind e v e r y o n e t h a t y o u s h o u l d r e c e i v e a badge for entering , so if you haven’t had yours yet, then let us know!

G e t Te c h n i c a l !

Burr ell Build Diary

Matt Lund

Well how time flies when you’re having fun. A year ago at Dorset 2012 we were starting on the Burrell project. After only 20 working days on the project we have an engine on its wheels with a tender, cylinder and half of the motion in place.

Dorset 2013 saw build days 18, 19 and 20 Day 18 and the first task on the schedule was to resolve a tight spot on the slide bars (slide bars are the two bars on a Burrell that support the cross head at the end of the piston rod). This turned out to be a couple of countersunk bolts that were not quite flush (flat on the surface), so after some careful filing the cross head ran smoothly back and forth over the slide bars. While one team of Apprentices were working on the slide bars, another was trial fitting the cladding and brass finishing strips to the side of the cylinder block. The afternoon team built and trial fitted the ash pan

Day 19 and the task for the morning Apprentice team was to build and fit the fire hole doors The fire hole doors on a Burrell are a sliding ‘ butterfly ’ type of door so that with movement of one handle both doors open at the same time. The fire hole door components required de-burring (sharp and raised edges) using a file and the pivot points required

securing onto the doors and runners by knocking the backs of the pivot point pins over, using a hammer to hold them in place. By the end of the morning we had a working firehole door. The afternoon team had the task of fitting the second shaft bearings. To do this we had to remove the second shaft support tube from the horn plates and hold it on the bench to allow the bearings to be knocked into the tube using a soft face hammer The tube was then refitted to the horn plates so by the end of the day we also had the second shaft in place in its support tube.

Day 20’s morning Apprentice team’s job was to trial fit the differential together (the differential allows one driven rear wheel to go faster than the other when going round a corner) As with a lot of the parts of the Burrell, this required de -burring and a couple of bronze bearings fitting into it It was the job of the afternoon Apprentice team to fit the differential to the second shaft and trial fit the differential lock This again required a certain amount of filing so that everything moved easily.

So as you can see, we are moving along very fast with the project. Everyone involved should be very proud of everything that has been achieved.

Tr ying to come up with a plan for the tr oublesome ashpan and fir ebars.

Matt and a few appr entices sorting out the slide bars.

F inally, the finished ashpan. You did it!

Gr eat Dorset Steam Fair Roller Special

Kevin Munn

As some of you may know this year was a 'special' at Great Dorset Steam Fair with rollers being the theme I was quite surprised at just how many different designs there were The one in the picture caught, in particular, my eye. Not only for its rather unusual design, but to steer it you have to reach behind you whilst looking forward. This must have taken getting use to, but it did have an advantage, which I guess we would all love, and that was power (steam) steering! When using this engine, you also have the bonus of being able to raise steam quickly.

This engine was built in 1933, so in engine terms it’s not really that old There were only ever 21 engines of this design built, ranging in different weights. This particular engine is the only known survivor in the 10 tonnes category There is also an 8 tonnes example in preservation; however this is in a museum in New Zealand. It was bought in 1971 when it went through a mammoth 16-year restoration. It was bought by the present owners, Edward and Sally Jones, in 2006

Roller Technology

Kevin Munn

As it was a Roller Special at Great Dorset Steam Fair this year I thought I would talk about one of the pieces of equipment on an engine – the scarifier. They come in all shapes and sizes, but their basic use was to rip up roads where repairs needed to be done. This was done by lowering the ‘tynes’ or ‘picks’ into the surface by turning a handle to the depth that was needed. This of course put a great strain on the engine, especially the off side of the engine where they were normally mounted. You can see evidence of this if

you ever follow an un-restored roller down the road you will see the rear offside wheel 'wobble' more than the inside due to the worn bearing and bushes. This of course will necessitate their replacement I will be talking about what I found on my roller Kate in a few issues time. Not many rollers have scarifiers on them nowadays one reason being they can cause damage to the bed of a low loader when you take it off and on Or if they do have them, the ‘tynes’ or ‘picks’ have been removed.

The Dorset Cavalcade

Elaine Massey

T h u r s d a y o f D o r s e t w e e k w a s a cavalcade with a difference! Planned to

m a i n t a i n t h e t h e m e o f s t e a m r o l l e r s ,

e v e r y e n g i n e t a k i n g p a r t i n t h e cavalcade was a roller. At five o’clock all

t h e A p p r e n t i c e s w e r e g a t h e r e d a t t h e

e n t r a n c e t o t h e H e a v y H a u l a g e A r e n a ,

a n d a p h o t o g r a p h e r f r o m O l d G l o r y

m a g a z i n e m e t u s t o t a k e p i c t u r e s Yo u

c a n s e e t h e p i c t u r e i n t h i s m o n t h’ s edition.

It was a case of ‘organised chaos’ in t h e a r e n a w i t h b o t h A p p r e n t i c e s a n d drivers very enthusiastic.

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s anywhere in the world That makes us very lucky!

I would like to thank everyone who t o o k p a r t , A p p r e n t i c e a n d e n g i n e m a n a l i k e . I t m e a n s w e c a n k e e p o u r cavalcade tradition alive!

Gr oup photo. Photo – Nick Bosworth.

Steam Ploughing with the Hairy Bikers

Jason Massey

Early in the year the steam plough club were contacted by producers for the BBC about filming some steam ploughing for the Hairy Bikers new series. They then contacted Robert Jameson as a possible contact for this as he is located in the south east. They wanted to show the progress from horse to steam ploughing by demonstrating the two together But this, as you can imagine, calls for a rather docile horse team! As horses and loud clanking steam engines do not mix well! Duly, arrangements were made and filming was to commence on the Friday before the May bank holiday. Robert only

has one engine working at the present time, so another was needed to pull the plough back up the field, the nearest available for that day was the beeby diesel conversion owned by Basil Gibbons. A lunch of sheep’s head stew (I didn’t try it!!) was prepared for the bikers and the crew, apparently a traditional living van dish... The day before, we took all of the tackle into Roberts 10 acre field out the back of the farm, conditions weren’t ideal for ploughing as the field was fairly wet and covered in long grass.

Filming day! An early start was made to prepare the engines and tackle ready

for the bikers’ appearance The film crew arrived rather early too, setting up their long arm camera for distance filming and setting Robert up with a mic – all getting a bit professional! We had a few practice pulls with the plough and cameras, then the bikers arrived and introduced themselves. We all had a bit of a laugh about the conditions and the now ever persistent rain! Filming began to get under way with Robert enjoying being the centre of attention, while Basil and I, the engine drivers tried to keep out of the way! Si had the first go at steering the plough and after a bit of fuss did ok, at least the plough stayed in the furrow! Next it was Dave’s turn. This did not go so well, as he ended up with a rather ‘S’ shaped furrow which missed a lot of land out! But then steering is the wrong way I guess, and I’m pretty sure he couldn’t see anything out of his glasses because of the very heavy rain by that point! Perhaps we should let him off a bit! After this they all had their lunch. Apparently it tasted better than it looked, but I’ll take their word for that They had a chat with Robert and some more repeat filming was done. This got rather dull after a while –there’s only so many times you can laugh at the same joke on film!

Soon the bikers and film crew left, and we then had the task of extracting the engines from the mud. By now my engine had sunk to its tender even with spuds on Basil was called over with his engine from the other side of the field to pull us out. This thankfully worked, although we left a sizeable crater behind us! But then... Basil got stuck... So we winched him out with my engine and continued this series of events all the way out of the field up to where Basil’s low loader was parked

All in all it was enjoyable experience and quite odd to see yourself on BBC2! I’m sure it’s on YouTube somewhere!

CHRISTMAS IS COMING!

What present would you like?

Ask someone to give you a voucher for the NTET Driving Course on 10/11 May 2014 at Astwood Bank. Steam Apprentices (age 13-15) £70, (age 16 – 21) £105 for the two days.

Contact Joe Black :by phone: 07595 466353 Or email: joe@seddonandblack.co.uk

NTET DRIVER TRAINING SCHOLARSHIPS

The NTET is awar ding Scholarships to participate in the NTET Driver Training Course which is held in May each year. The Scholarship covers the course fees for one year, NOT incidental expenses such as travelling , accommodation and food.

The scholarships ar e open to non-engine owners being members of non-engine owning families, who ar e members of the NTET.

For more details of the Scholarship and Course, visit www.ntet.co.uk