After some queries were raised by one of our suppliers, we have been looking again at our choices for balanced slide valves. We thought a ‘Tech Special’ edition outlining our choices and decisions for Yeo and Exe would be good to share.
Firstly Season’s greeting to all our readers and followers. We hope 2026 is a healthy and happy New year for all.
As previously reported an order has been placed for manufacture of the brass dome covers. This follows our policy of spending time now to make difficult-to-source items. They will then be ready when the time comes and will not hold up completion of the project.
We anticipate some photographs of the domes being manufactured early next year around late January or early February so watch this space.
Yeo ExePress gives a periodic update of progress to recreate our ‘Exmoor Ponies’. It is issued exclusively to 762 Club members and then more widely about a month later. It will now also be published to this page to make sure it reaches as wide an audience as possible.
Issue 5 is here now. The previous 4 instalments, along with comments and replies, are on our facebook page which can be accessed by clicking on this link: 762 Club FB page. You can view the page without needing a facebook account.
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A quantity of 24 Brake Hanger brackets now completed!
As reported our suite of machined crankpins were dispatched to Aalberts surface technologies in Telford to be nitride treatment.
The accompanying photographs kindly supplied by Jamie Payton, Works Manager at the Telford facility show loading the crankpins into baskets for degreasing, stopped off painted areas before nitriding and then finally the parts coming out of the nitride furnace.
The crankpins have now been shipped from Aalberts and are in our storage container.
Our thanks to Aalberts Surface Technologies and Jamie for a professional job – well executed!
We are pleased to announce the modified boiler design has been Approval certificated by BES
The 762 Club is delighted to announce the award of the boiler build and commission contract for new build Manning Wardle locomotives YEO and EXE to Israel Newton & Sons Ltd.
The latest edition of the F&WHR Moving Pictures “Moving Pictures One Hundred” published on the 8th November 24 features a range of articles. Notably Jon ‘Wol’ Whalley drops by the workshop where some of the 762 Club’s machining of componentry is in progress.
Fast forward to 20 mins 58 seconds and Jon speaks for some 2.5 mins on some of the castings and finished articles the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways have been working on for us under contract.
The recently forged and machined flycrank pins are now ready for Nitriding. The order has been placed with Aalberts Surface Technologies Heat Ltd and whilst not a lengthy process we hope to share some photos of the process soon.
As reported in the last 762 Club Newsletter a number of further castings from Peak Patterns had been ordered. These have now been successfully cast and delivered.
The delivery includes the following castings;
Another successful L&B Autumn Gala was held over the 28th and 29th September at Woody Bay.
Good to catch-up with members old and new.
Particular thanks to 762 Club Members Ted Lawrence and John Jones selling a range of their own collectables and model railways in aid of the 762 Club raising over £600.
Thank-you so much John and Ted!
As reported in the last members Newsletter the motion brackets were about to be machined. This process is now complete with the photo showing examples of the machined brackets.
