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Retired boiler inspector Des Painton does an unoffical inspection on 2650 before the real one

Photos by John Ashworth 25th May 2008

And what was his verdict? Rather his job than mine..

Awesome pics. See the steam collector pipes as found in domeless locos, like this and the big 15F,etc. The steam has no dome to go into for collection and instead is collected in these pipes.