Saturday 7th September – early evening
A successful day today with all planned jobs being completed.
Enjoy this video made by our friends at the Bury Hydraulic Group showing some of recent efforts to get 56006 ready.
A test run is being planned for one day this coming week. Details to follow.
Saturday 7th September 2024 early morning
More testing on 56006 took place yesterday and in late afternoon the loco was taken for a short test run involving a run up Broadfield Bank on the way up to Heywood. No issues were reported and a further days work today should see some outstanding jobs completed. These include fully refitting the roof and floor plates which had to be removed to facilitate the overhauled traction blower motor to be refitted. Tidying up the cabs and generally removing the multitude of tools and test equipment from the loco in anticipation of some form of loaded test run which should take place in 6 days we have left before the Autumn Gala.
Updates to follow as we have more to tell.
56006 seen during recent preparation for an anticipated return to service at the upcoming Autumn Diesel Gala (Friday 13th/ Saturday 14th)
Thursday 5th September 2024
Further to earlier reports, we have managed to progress some of the electrical issues using a combination of C56G and BHG (Bury Hydraulic Group) Technical teams.
Progress is being made the loco taking power but still throwing up a few other issues. Work has been carried out during the weekend and Monday and Tuesday this week.
Further testing is continuing today (Wednesday) and a small team of volunteers are attending on Saturday to carry out :-
refitting of floor plates and covers and a general tidy up of cabs etc in advance of a possible test run next week.
Replacing a defective Ammeter, Temperature control module and fixing a cab droplight.
Of course the outcome is heavily dependent on the efforts of the technical team during today and we will update as they report back later today.