2650: more progress March 2012
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2650: more progress March 2012
Photos and captions by Nathan Berelowitz, March 2012
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- Spikkels at work with the air powered chipping hammer to descale the smoke box faceplate of the 19D.
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- Spikkels at work. The smoke box fittings are almost complete, but the faceplate has to be descaled. Soon this will be fitted to the locomotive
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- Spark arrestor arrangement in the class 19D. This is a box type as opposed to the familiar screen type of spark arrestor.
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- Renewed studs on the dome for the safety valves. The rear studs were badly worn and thus new ones were machined. This was a time consuming task performed by John Dadford.
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- John Dadford tightens up the bolts on the first safety valve in place after the hydraulic test.
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- John tightens up, while the rear safety valve awaits fitting. A hot task in the open under sunny skies. Blessed art thou who have a shed!
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- Both safety valves now in place and the final tightening up
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- The firebox door frame needed to have a crack welded up. John tackles this task and soon it is fitted into the loco.
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- John welds the firebox fire door frame.
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- Spikkels prepares the regulator valve cover for painting.
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- At last the cab interior is complete. Robert Dadford fitted the guage column cocks after removing the blanks from the hydraulic test. John Dadford, Spikkels and Nathan fitted the firehole doors.
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