One of the more butter fingered members of the steam loco dept managed to comprehensively destroy one of the mugs in the mess coach. Protestations by the culprit that it had simply disintegrated when picked up by the handle were widely disbelieved.
An ex-mug |
Tea breaks can continue, relief all round! |
New storage in the work shop. |
Superheater element missing, bottom centre... |
...and the removed element itself. |
Left to right, 5542, 7820 & 2807. |
Back where it belongs |
The mystery pony truck lubrication |
Fireman's side... |
...and driver's side. |
Neither connecting rod has been attached to their cross heads though. |
Axle box cover, back in place. |
Cylinder cover back in place. |
Separated from its tender |
Boiler keys being attended to |
Finally, yet more boiler tubes have been removed from 3850, with all of the large tubes now disconnected and the majority of the small ones too.
Weight saving measures in 3850's boiler. |
A skip full of old tubes |
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