Type One Locomotive CompanyAll items relating to D8098
D8098 The month began with a session on D8098 checking the loco over and giving the clean air compartment a clean. D5830 What a month September 2022 has been for D5830. At the beginning of the month all the time spent unbolting the roof, disconnecting pipework and various components meant on the 1st September we… Read More
D8098 We regret to inform shareholders and supporters that ’98 has had to be taken out of traffic following the discovery of some defects during a routine maintenance examination. The wheels on No.2 Bogie were found to be out of specification and a trip to a wheel lathe is required. In addition, the source of… Read More
As you may know, D8098 has been out of traffic since Christmas with a number of issues – the biggest being the need to replace the A3 Cylinder Head. Thankfully we have some spares and one was sent away for refurbishment and then following one false start thanks to Storm Eunice, the replacement work took… Read More
We are grateful for all of the support that we received but there is no doubting that loco preservation is an expensive business and with all three locos temporarily out of traffic, we are reliant on the continued support of our shareholders. A £10 per month Standing Order goes a long way and we’d love… Read More
As you may know, ’98 has been out of traffic recently owing to a fault that caused the wheelslip circuit to activate continuously. After much trial and error on the part of our intrepid engineers, Michael and Steve finally traced the fault back to a faulty part in the reverser which was removed and replaced… Read More
Good evening all, the T1LC hopes you are keeping safe and well during these unusual times. As many of you will know the Great Central Railway has been closed for the last 3 months due Covid19 and we have been unable to go on site to check or work on our loco’s but the GCR… Read More
Hello and happy new year. After a bit of a break in January the T1LC volunteers have been busy operating and working on our loco’s, see the round up below. D8098 D8098 has this month received an A exam and is now ready to enter service. For those who don’t know our loco’s have to… Read More
28/12/19 D5830 On 27th December D5830 developed a fault with it’s ETH, which wouldn’t stay running. The fault was traced to a faulty resistor, which was replaced and the ETH turned on but then we couldn’t turn the ETH off so we decided to fail the loco. On the 28th December after alot of tracing… Read More
4th August Another session for some of the T1LC engineering staff looking at the speedometer system on D8098, which showed issue’s during the loaded test run last week. We found that there was alot of water in the wheel wear compensater unit, this has been stripped down, dried, cleaned out and repairs carried out. We… Read More
Following a period out of service with an engine issue D8098 went on low loader to Harry Needle Railroad Company at Barrow Hill on the 30th April 2019 for repairs. On the 20th June repairs by HNRC had been completed and the loco had been load banked. D8098 returned to the Great Central Railway on… Read More