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    Second cylinder is cast for Churchward 47XX ‘Night Owl’

    Jun 08, 2021 2 minutes

    THE second cylinder block forGWR ‘NightOwl’2-8-0No. 4709wascast in earlyMay, opening up the possibility of the locomotivereaching therolling chassis stage later this year.

    Boro Foundry in Smethwick filled the mould with 2,646kg of molten metal at an average temperature of 12,800C. The pour took less than five minutes; the

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