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Joes1989 wrote:I would imagine it will be what nick said then.....Those serc guards arent worth a w**k half the time.....plus they arent meant to tackle any theifs/vandals etc but are just meant to ring the police!!!

You may be correct Joe, I will take a peek latter when I pop out for a swift pint.

Jeremy

Hi David, Welcome to CMN :wave: as a former crankshaft grinder I can tell you that most cranks (Cat aside) can have 0.030" ground off them but any engine recon company would almost certainly tell you if the crank was salvageable just by looking at it. I don't know where you would get another cr...

Nice one Craig which railway was that taken on the NYMR by any chance?

Jeremy

Dave there is a pit at the Blackcountry Museum its nowt to write home about but still worth going down. It looks like you attended whilst there was work being carried out on "Shirts Mill" canal basin which is a shame because I think it stopped all canal and cave tunnel trips around that ti...

Jeremy..... That machine might have had a mechanical failure!! I had something similar happen on my old cat and had to leave it for 3 days with its arm in a raised position! Nope Joe it did not have a mechanical failure when I came past earlier this evening it was parked up normally, as I went out ...

Dave have you visited the Black Country Museum? Its well worth a visit if your ever in these parts of the country.

Jeremy

Okay then lets start the ball rolling so as to speak. I took this picture this evening as I got back from work. I noticed that the local petrol filling station is being demolished and being rebuilt, when I saw the machine in this postion I thought they were still at work and pulled over to get a few...

Fred I should think that wagon in the first pic must be a unique design? Cos I have never seen a truck with a steam traction engine rear wheel before
It looks like some kind of weird hybred, all interesting stuff nonetheless.

Jeremy

And it wasn't BR either

Jeremy

She will sound sweet when you get that Gimmy 6-71 up and running
Will be interesting to see more pics as you progress with the restoration work.

Jeremy