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Dylan Knott wrote:Seems I have managed to get the grate shaker controls supershine at last!

You and your grate shaker...

Super pics, Aidan

Well we have four staged at Monument Station now, plus two mainline sitters! Who knows what they're doing here!!

Thanks for organising that trip Dylan! If it wasn't for that trip, I would never have seen her in steam. And she looked great - was a pleasant suprise after seeing her 'at Dal a few months earlier

When the Spier train was in its last year or so of being run with steam and under the care of Ian Pretorius and Andy Faulk, the class 24 from the blokes at Epping was used. Then, after some negotiation with the museum chaps, Ian was fortunate to get the Red Devil, plus 2914, the oil burner 15F and ...

allanroy wrote:I noticed that the number plate on the side of the loco is for 3665 but the second 6 has been painted over to make it a 5.

Yes, Luca is quite correct - crime in South Africa. So we had to make do with what we had.

Thanks for posting, Luca!