Steam Plough Club AGM - 13 April 2013
 

Steam Plough Club AGM

The Steam Plough Club had a great outing to the new Israel Newton premesis over the weekend. A most impressive facility, we were treated to a demonstration of a tube plate being pressed and there was so much to look at.

There were 5 engines in steam who went on a run in the afternoon which took in the fearsome hill in the centre of Cromford.

Fowler BB1 15441 was strategically parked so none of us missed the entrance:

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The newly imported Ruthemeyer steam roller was a real treat, unusual name but much of the design is similar to SCC Burrell rollers (from whom I understand they licensed the design):

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Ruston Hornsby 115100 was stone crushing for a change in the yard:

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A selection of photographs of the yard:

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The tube plate cooling in the press:

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Fowler 2528 heading out of the yard:

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Fowler 2528 & 15441 heading towards Cromford on the road:

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The engines on a water stop prior to climbing Cromford Hill:

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Standing outside Wirksworth Town Hall where the meeting was held was Fowler 14805:

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Thanks to everybody involved with organising the day.

Superb pictures as ever David, and many thanks for the framed photo.

That's fine, thanks to all who put the effort in for Saturday. It was a superb visit, the SPC are going to have to go some to match that next year. The only disappointment was that we went to the meeting and missed the engines climbing Cromford Hill - although it was nice to have the officers reports accompanied by engine noises.

A further selection of pictures taken at this event are now on Steam Scenes:

http://www.steamscenes.org.uk/events...ough-club-agm/

Plus a few other events that I have been to this year.

I am going to get back into the habit of putting all my event pics onto Steam Scenes. I've been working back through all my 11/12 pics and these will be online as time allows.

Tubeplate pressing
 

Here are a sequence of shots showing the tubeplate being pressed. Perhaps David can turn them on their side - I've tried but it's defeated me.

Also the squeeze riveter and a cross section from an old engineering text book showing the guts and how it works via a simple spool valve.