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Morning Gents.

I've been using Yeadon's for a few years now, but it's only now I've noticed something I'm struggling to understand.

Here is an example, Silver King had an overhaul in August 1938, the dates show as this.

Don. 11/6-9/8/38

So I read the above that she was having an overhaul from the 6-9th August 1938...so what is the first number referring to i.e the 11 which I've put into bold.

Any help would be appreciated.

Hi Tom,

You have underestimated just how long it took the locomotive works to do a General Repair, as in the case you quote.

So 2511 was in The Plant from 11th June 1938 until 9th August 1938.

It was quite unusual that such an important locomotive was in the works at the height of summer. The idea was that most Pacifics should be available for the extra summer traffic.

John

Hi Tom

I'm no expert but I read that as 11 June till 9th August 38

regards

Pete

edit:.. ahh.. John beat me to it...

Thanks Gents.

I did wonder if the first number was the previous month. That still works out for me, as I'm modelling a Month in 1938, and wanted to use Silver King being the last loco in Silver.

My working timetable I'm using is from May-July 1938, so I can use this knowledge to do June-July 1938.

Sounds like she is going to very ropey

JASd17 wrote:Hi Tom,

You have underestimated just how long it took the locomotive works to do a General Repair, as in the case you quote.

So 2511 was in The Plant from 11th June 1938 until 9th August 1938.

It was quite unusual that such an important locomotive was in the works at the height of summer. The idea was that most Pacifics should be available for the extra summer traffic.

John

It is also important to check for accompanying notes against the works dates; it may be that a works visit was extended for, say, fitting long-lap valves or a different type of braking system, or even a complete rebuild. That is where the accompanying repair code letters explain the purpose of the visit, e.g G = General, H = Heavy, L = Light etc., and there may also be an explanatory text note, e.g. cracked frame, rebuilt to a different class/sub-class, etc.

Two months for a repair would be measured in years using todays facilities, a sobering thought to the industry which no longer exists. I wonder if anyone knows how long it took to construct these engines as I believe they were erected in a very short time.

Y14 No 930 - latterly J15 No 7930 - was erected at Stratford in December 1891 in a little under 10 working hours, but this was a record.

D