Album number seven from the Bob Robson collection has now been added to the Photographs page on this website. This selection of Bob’s photos covers the 2000-2002 period. We hope you continue enjoy this unique record of No. 6024’s life.

In total there are nine of Bob’s albums to be published, more will follow very soon.

Album number seven can be found here.

On Saturday 19 January No.6024’s tender, No.2425, took another big step towards completion with the final fitting of the tank to the chassis in the workshops at Highbridge. This follows on from its rewheeling and subsequent independent inspection in late 2018.

Much work remains to be done before the tender can be moved to Minehead to join the engine. Just some of the tasks remaining are:

• Bolting the tank to the chassis, it was previously riveted.
• Fitting numerous smaller items such as toolboxes, hoses and footplating.
• Lots of painting with final painting to be undertaken at Minehead.
• Significant electrical wiring which is probably the biggest remaining task and one which could not progress until the tank was fitted.

Something a little different…. No.6024 features in a recently published and very readable physics textbook written for university students and those with a more general interest in science and technology, “Outside the Research Lab Volume 2 – Physics in Vintage and Modern Transport” by Sharon Ann Holgate.

The total reworking of No.6024’s electrical systems during the current overhaul is covered in some detail in chapter two of this interesting and informative book. The locomotive even features on the cover! Other railway related topics covered in the book are the electrical systems on A1 No.60163 Tornado, class 08 and 09 diesel shunting locomotives and the Milwaukee Road streamlined Cedar Rapids Skytop parlour lounge observation car in the USA.

The official webpage for this book can be found by clicking here.

A short video on the book can be viewed here.

Album number six from the Bob Robson collection has now been added to the Photographs page on this website. This selection of Bob’s photos covers the the late 1990s and early 2000s. We hope you continue enjoy this unique record of No. 6024’s life.

In total there are nine of Bob’s albums to be published, more will follow very soon.

Gallery number six can be found here.

The last couple of working parties of 2018 have seen some significant progress made with some very visible items on the engine’s chassis.

The inside right connecting rod has been installed whilst both sets of coupling rods (left and right) have been trial fitted. These require very little further work to see them fitted more permanently.

All the components for the inside left connecting rod have been prepped for fitting, the actual fitting being paused until the new air brake pipes running down the inside of the frame had been finished. This has been achieved allowing the connecting rod to be fitted early in 2019. Rapid progress on the outside connecting rods is expected through January.

In early December Eddie Draper of Ricardo Rail visited both the tender and the engine as part of their periodic checks on progress. This successful visit means that in early 2019 the tender tank can be reunited with the chassis taking it much closer to completion.

Album number five from the Bob Robson collection has now been added to the Photographs page on this website. This selection of Bob’s photos covers the end of the overhaul at Kineton in 1996 through to mainline operations during 1998. We hope you enjoy this unique record of No. 6024’s life.

There are four more albums to follow over the next few weeks.

Our gallery of photographs can be found here.

New Website and Social Media Sites

The new website for the 6024 Preservation Society Ltd has been published following several months work between our developers Squarebird and Society officers. If you are a member of the society but have not received details of how to login to the members area please send an email asking for access details to contact@6024.com.

In addition to the website 6024 now has an official presence on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Please follow us to keep up to date with 6024 King Edward I.

Tender Tank Trial Fitted

In preparation for the final fitting of the tender tank to the chassis, in late June 2018, the tank was trial fitted.

This allowed us to check for any problems and finalise our plans to fit the tank towards the end of the summer. A few pipes and pieces of conduit – all new to the tender – had to be “tweaked” to achieve a satisfactory fit but no major problems were found. We can now move on to preparing the workshop and chassis for the permanent fitting of the tank.