2409 was not steamed today but has been fuelled and watered and is ready for light-up tomorrow.
Photos by John Ashworth, Nairobi, 15th May 2011
Kenya Steam Safari Preparations 3: 2409
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Kenya Steam Safari Preparations 3: 2409
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- 2409 stands ready to take water
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- No pressure in the mains, so we had to use the pump, bought specially for this purpose
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- Once we started filling the boiler, we found a washout plug leaking badly.
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- It was only a defective lead gasket - soon repaired
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- But in the meantime someone at RVR had turned off the water mains. A call to the the chief engineer elicited a promise that someone would come and turn it on again, but that someone never arrived, so it was decided to move 2409 (hauled by 3020) to the locos' auxiliary water tank and fill up from there.
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- The water tank is parked in the jungle!
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