Barclay 1270
Over the course of 2025 and 2026 I was a member of the team that began to undertake the immense task of restoring this steam locomotive to its early 20th Century condition, when it was a workhorse for the New Zealand lumber industry, working for the Taupō Totara Timber Company.
Project Details:
- Built in 1912, Kilmarnock, Scotland
- Currently being restored at the Museum of Transportation and Technology, Auckland (2025 – Present)
- Work undertaken involved fabricating new brackets to restore tank to watertight condition, as well as machining new pins for engine reverser.
Braclay at the TTT Co.
Water tank lower section in the present day.
Building Brackets
Marking out radii for brackets.
Bending angle-line into shape.
Angle line curved along template.
Fabricating curve,
Drilling holes in saddle hoop
Securing brackets to frontplate
Welding everything together
Final Assembly
Assembly
Setting up to drill new holes into saddle tank
Saddle tank upper assembly.
Furnace for hot rivets.
Chassis assembly
Manufacturing Pins
Machining Pins
Reverser pins
Installing pins into original 1912 reverser
Reverser assembly