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Construction of a steam locomotive

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Great video from the 1940s of a loco being built at Doncaster works... builders of etched kits and scratchbuilders will recognise some of the methods being used! :)

 

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I loved the part where he lit his cigarette before lighting up the fire!

 

Different times... men were men and hats were ridiculously over-sized! :)

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Not a solitary hint of Tourist Train blue in that photo, JB... I'm shocked.

 

This is your fault Pat!, with your diesels and your fancy super train livery..(grumbles nonsensically )

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Great find Pat, a great insight how locomotives were built, I loved the part where he lit his cigarette before lighting up the fire!

 

There is a similar video on YouTube about building an LMS Princess (I think) where one lad lights his woodbine off a red hot rivet! They really are great videos from a time sadly long gone.

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Great video from the 1940s of a loco being built at Doncaster works... builders of etched kits and scratchbuilders will recognise some of the methods being used! :)

 

Amazing to see everything being constructed effectively by hand from fashioning the semi-molten parts to hand assembly of the locomotive.

Loved the bit where the worker sticks his head through to check the alignment as the chassis is lowered onto the wheels! :ROFL:

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Amazing to see everything being constructed effectively by hand from fashioning the semi-molten parts to hand assembly of the locomotive.

Loved the bit where the worker sticks his head through to check the alignment as the chassis is lowered onto the wheels! :ROFL:

 

Yes, steam engines were designed with tolerances that suited hand assembly. Today r modern manufacturers are working to orders of magnitude more precise tolerances.

 

But it was an example of the supreme art of the hand machining.

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