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| Introduction | Frame shotblasting | Wheel tyre turning | Tender tank | Rear frame stretcher | Loco rear dragbox | Boiler Overhaul |
Tyre re-profiling - Sept 2010
The South African 'two-foot' gauge is subtly different to that used on the Welsh Highland Railway, particularly with respect to that of the back-to-back dimension ie the distance between the inside of the flange faces. Whilst there is a certain amount of tolerance in the track that allows un-modified wheels to be moved around yards etc the long term requirement is to re-profile the wheels to Welsh Highland gauge. The first stage to tis was to send the wheelsets to Boston Lodge, the Ffestiniog Railway's workshops, for re profiling. The wheels are seen below before and after the work.
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Tyre re-profiling - update May 2019
Whilst this original work allowed the profile to be adjusted for the track gauge it was unable to create the correct back-to-back dimension. Whilst this was not considered important at the time, later in 2019 a contractor was found who could move the tyres on the wheels for us to get the correct back-to-back. With a subsequent tweak to the profile this then gave us fully compliant driving axle wheelsets.Tender Wheelsets
The tender wheelsets have also been dealt with to give the correct profile, again the work was done at Bostol Lodge. This was after the best sets of wheels were chosen from those available from №134's and №133's tender. See the June 2011 working party report and the Gallery photos.