I completed the boiler inspection and commissioning of the LNER A1 Pacific locomotive 60163 ‘Tornado’ between 2006 and 2009.

For more information about the project to build and operate Tornado, click on the following links:

• https://www.a1steam.com/
• A1 Steam Locomotive Trust article ‘Successful Steam Test’ (see under heading ‘Boiler Tests’).

For the Claymills Pumping Engines Trust, I completed the inspection for number 5 boiler so that it could be brought back into steam.

Click on the following links to read more:

• http://www.claymills.org.uk/newsletter/NL69_Spring_2012.pdf
• Claymills Victorian Pumping Station website.

Commissioning of the Ivatt Class 2MT locomotive No. 46447, which entered service on the main-line rail network in October 2014. Click on the following links to find out more:

• ESR’s Facebook page
• YouTube video
• Isle of Wight Steam Railway website.

Boiler Consultant, overseeing the major boiler overhaul for the Flying Scotsman from 2006 to 2011.

Click on the following link for more information:

• updates on the Flying Scotsman
• John Glaze with fellow members of the restoration team – “Team 4472”.

For the locomotive Ex.BR(W) 9466 owned by Dennis Howells (see the image below), I was the consultant for the boiler overhaul, to bring it up to main-line standards.

You can read more about the history of 9466 on the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre website:

• http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/gwr9466.htm.

Steam testing of the ex-BR (LMS) Class 5 4-6-0 locomotive No. 45305.

I am mentioned in the following articles on the Association’s News web pages:

• Article 210 ‘Certifiable’ July 2009
• Article 233 ‘The news comes thick and fast’ December 2009
• Article 275 ‘A Watched Pot Never Boils’ September 2010
• Article 281 ‘Going Back Out – 45305 Ready for the Main Line’ October 2010 “John Glaze, our boiler inspector, his professional guidance and advice has been of immense help.”