3117 first steaming - the drivers
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John Ashworth
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3117 first steaming - the drivers
Shedman Mike Haslam is just about to open the regulator for 3117's first move under her own steam
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- Photo by John Ashworth 14/10/08
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Re: 3117 first steaming - the driver!
"and when he hit the upgrade, no matter what the load weighed, he pulled the regulator back and highballed home..!"
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Re: 3117 first steaming - the driver!
Nathan wrote:On his last visit to FOTR before relocating to the U S A, Mike Haslam gets a
grip on 3117's regulator. A happy, yet sad occasion for him and the club.
However the dream of seeing this locomotive in steam is a fitting farewell.
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Re: 3117 first steaming - the driver!
And the second person to drive the loco was Shedman John Ashworth...
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- Jane looks happily on as John's hand rests on the regulator - but note that it is closed and the locomotive stationary while guests are on the footplate.
Photo by Tom Macrery 04/10/08
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- Earlier, Shedman/Fireman John Ashworth looks at the low steam pressure, as the locomotive is slowly brought up to working pressure
Photo by Nathan Berelowitz 04/10/08 - 3117first light up 4sept2008 003.jpg (54.64 KiB) Viewed 2830 times
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Re: 3117 first steaming - the driver!
More footplate crew photos, this time by Chris Janisch, 4th October 2008
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- Chris looks on from 2650 alongside as Mike assumes that rather self-satisfied pose again!
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- John sets the lubricator to a high rate, to get the dry front end well-oiled
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- Footplate team. Mike and John have worked together on the footplate for several years now. Sadly no more, as Mike heads to the USA and John back to Sudan
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- The third driver - Shedman Nathan Berelowitz at the regulator