The axle boxes of the Class 3BR "Maureen" No. 1486 were removed for a bearing change on 16th September 2006
An 8 hour job for removal only...

18th October 2006 saw the loco being high pressure water cleaned - 5 hours later she was clean

On Tuesday 31st October the newly white metalled shells arrived back with Simon Anderson at Tweed Tools in Pinetown from Johannesburg (600Kms away),
all 1086Kgs of them, and R45,000.00 later !

On Tuesday November 21st Simon Anderson of Tweed Tools started machining the new bearings

On Saturday 9th December 2006 Simon had finished his awesome task of machining the white metal shells to fit the axles on the 3BR

Umgeni Steam Railway would like to thank our sponsors Tweed Tools (Pinetown), the owner - Gordon Lumsden for his enthusiasm and for the facilities he has provided us and to Simon Anderson for his efforts spending many hours machining the bearings after hours and to Technoslide (Pty) Ltd. (Johannesburg) for paying for the transport of the bearings

One of our sponsors for the wheel bearing project "Technoslide"
www.technoslide.com