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The Diary of the Building of a 5" gauge Stirling Single

At 16.15 on the 6th November 2017 the driving wheels, for the first time, were driven round on compressed air.

4th September 2019 re-assembly for MMES 90th Birthday celebration but not ready to run yet !!

This web site started to follow the building of my Stirling Single in December 1990,  I am now trying to work on the loco every day and post photos as well as text.

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This link will take you to the calendar pages. Each RED DOT on the calendars represents a build day
Page 1 Laser cutting Page 21 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 9a Page 9b Page 9c Page 10
Introduction and castings Laser Cut parts Timing the valve gear Main Frames

- all the Wheels

 Eccentrics Main Axle Horns Erecting the Main Frames Bogie horn blocks, axle boxes and axles Main and trailing horn blocks, axle boxes and axles Feed pump Cylinders - part 1 Cylinders part 2 Cylinders part 3 Cylinders part 4 Crosshead and piston
Page 11 Page 12 Page 12b Page 12a Page 14 Page 14a Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 22 Page 23
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Connecting rod - motion plate Valve gear, axle pump link and reverser

 Valve Gear continued The boiler Smoke box

 Smoke box part 2



 Plate work lubricator and whistle

Tender & making of all buffers for loco and tender

 Painting
 The brakes on Loco and Tender What to do to complete the loco. Making the gaskets fit ! Running the chassis on air.
Completion of the build

 		A red dot indicates the days at least some work was carried out on the build of my Stirling Single.

If you have any comments / questions about the project then please email me ...