February 2014
Construction of the new P2 commenced.
April 2014
Frame plates that were to become No. 2007 Prince of Wales were rolled. The process started by Ben and Tim Godfrey, the grandsons of Sir Nigel Gresley.
July 2014
Frames delivered to Darlington, doubler plates welded on, the frames erected on stands and Cartazzi frames bent and added.
December 2015
Cab components delivered and assembly started. The plate work for the smoke box ordered.
February 2016
Wesley Atkinson at South Lincs Foundry completed the pattern for the Kylchap double chimney. At DLW the cab had been set up on the footplate.
March 2016
Proof-machined wheels delivered to DLW; smokebox assembled.
December 2016
Hornblocks and liners were fitted to the frames, final machining of the last frame stays. The plain axles delivered from South Africa and machining of the canon boxes.
April 2017
£142,500 order with I D Howitt Ltd of Crofton, West Yorkshire, for the assembly of the locomotive’s tender frames.
April 2018
South Devon Railway Engineering assembled the wheelsets.
July 2018
Cladding fully fitted to the framework and an impression of a P2 in original form began to emerge at DLW.
September 2018
Order placed with DB Meiningen for the boiler and a £350k order placed for the locomotive’s electrical system.
March 2020
The tender tank, grit-blasted and ready for paint, delivered to Darlington and united with the Trust’s recently acquired accommodation bogies. Work commenced on producing the heavy motion at Stephenson’s.
December 2020
In addition to the two intermediate coupling rods, we now had the two fully machined leading coupling rods. Meanwhile, Stephenson’s had almost completed machining the trailing coupling rods. The inside connecting rod had been forged and the outside connecting rods were not far behind.
June 2021
£261k Cylinder Block ordered from Howco Engineering.
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