6880 Gets its Cylinders
Published 16 February 2015 | 
Betton Grange received its cylinders this week, after the successful casting and machining over the past 2 months.
Around 40 members attended Llangollen on Sunday 15th February to inspect the progress made, followed by a run along the railway to Corwen and back with Prairie tank 5199.
Preparations are at an advanced stage for SSS4 now only 3 weeks away.
Machining 6880’s cylinders
Published 22 January 2015 | 
First pictures of cylinders being machined
Published 9 January 2015 | Below are the first photos of our cylinders being machined. They are still on course to be seen at our Members Day on 15th February in Llangollen
First cylinder casting
Published 28 October 2014 | the first of the two cylinder castings for the locomotive saw the light of day last week as shown below.
Engineering Director Chris Moore has inspected it and declared it fit for machining. The second cylinder is due to be cast this week
First Cylinder Cast
Published 16 October 2014 | The Society are delighted to announce that the first cylinder has been cast this week.
See the YouTube footage taken below by our members
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNuQwtb6-jw&index=1&list=UUqEA2KKWTNFZIUnoaviFLiw
Cylinder Pattern
Published 14 October 2014 | Some of the first views of the new cylinder pattern as manufactured.
The second photo sees the pattern buried in the casting box prior to casting, this is due to take place on Tuesday night 14th October!
