Wab794 Restoration and Maintenance Progress

Wab794 arrived at Feilding and Districts Stream Rail Society's depot on the 22nd of March 1997. After 7 years of dedication from a team of volunteers, 2003 saw the completion of the Wab's restoration with a celebrational trip trough the Manawatu Gorge on August 2003. Now that we can take the Wab out to see a bit of the country side, on going maintanence is required to get it running smoothly.

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July 2008
Pulling the plug out to begin repairing the brick arch and boiler.
Full story of brick arch and boiler repairs.

October 2004
The main maintenance work for 2004 was repairs to the boiler.
Full story of boiler repairs in 2004

July 2003
Mike Barnes fitting the brand new valve cover plate.

July 2003
One valve cover plate had been cracked when the Wab arrived in Feilding. We cast a new cover plate, and Peter machined it in the Society's Ward Lathe.

7th of July 2003
The Wab ventured onto the mainline under its own steam for it's mainline test trip, with DFT 7104 in tow.
Full story of Mainline Test

1st March 2003
The Wab had got dirty while being run in the yard, so we decided to give it a good clean. The side tanks polished up well with car polish.

January 2003
We have been extensively testing the Wab in the Feilding yard to get the little problems cleared. We have run two operating days around the Feilding Yard - Christmas Parade in late December and Settlers Day in early January.

1st February 2003
Here you can see a Z reading in progress. This measures the thickness of the tyre on the wheel. Tyres on trains are made of steel, tyres on cars and trucks are made of rubber. These readings have already been done, but we wanted to do a recheck before the mainline inspection.

1st February 2003
The Wab is over our inspection pit. Mike Barnes is doing the measuring and Mike Prior is doing the recording. On the ground are tyre gauges, these are X (flange thickness), Y (flange depth), V (guttering depth), and the W (sharpness of the flange).

1st February 2003
We have installed and tested a Locolog Data Recorder.

The majority of photos on this page were taken by Stan Jenkins.

Current [2002] [2001] [2000] [1999] [1998-97]

Back to Restoration page

	July 2008 Pulling the plug out to begin repairing the brick arch and boiler. Full story of brick arch and boiler repairs.
	October 2004 The main maintenance work for 2004 was repairs to the boiler. Full story of boiler repairs in 2004
	July 2003 Mike Barnes fitting the brand new valve cover plate.
	July 2003 One valve cover plate had been cracked when the Wab arrived in Feilding. We cast a new cover plate, and Peter machined it in the Society's Ward Lathe.
	7th of July 2003 The Wab ventured onto the mainline under its own steam for it's mainline test trip, with DFT 7104 in tow. Full story of Mainline Test
	1st March 2003 The Wab had got dirty while being run in the yard, so we decided to give it a good clean. The side tanks polished up well with car polish.
	January 2003 We have been extensively testing the Wab in the Feilding yard to get the little problems cleared. We have run two operating days around the Feilding Yard - Christmas Parade in late December and Settlers Day in early January.
	1st February 2003 Here you can see a Z reading in progress. This measures the thickness of the tyre on the wheel. Tyres on trains are made of steel, tyres on cars and trucks are made of rubber. These readings have already been done, but we wanted to do a recheck before the mainline inspection.
	1st February 2003 The Wab is over our inspection pit. Mike Barnes is doing the measuring and Mike Prior is doing the recording. On the ground are tyre gauges, these are X (flange thickness), Y (flange depth), V (guttering depth), and the W (sharpness of the flange).
	1st February 2003 We have installed and tested a Locolog Data Recorder.