Construction of locomotive B
Construction information to be added for locomotive B
Category: Gea Building
This section contains various construction details and pictures of the Alberdina locomotive.
Since the construction period was so long, I do not have pictures of all steps, but I am trying to collect them from my archives..
Progress by the fall of 2008
Building started in 1981 for the two locomotives.A long time ago, but many “real life” events happened in between. Including moving overseas twice for an extended period, but we could move (part of) the workshop including one locomotive as well. This is the progress in the fall of 2008: For …
When this locomotive started
I started working on this locomotive, a long time ago, while in university, in 1981 ! After I had done my first attempts at Model Engineering, by building a vertical steam engine, a Stuart V10. See the Stuart Website. This went rather well, working on the castings on my first lathe, …
Attempt to raise steam, no success
Spring 2010: Tried to raise steam. But no success the first times. More to follow….
Boiler testing
The first official test of the boiler was done in April 2010, by the Stoomgroep Holland.