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| En route to Plymouth |
| Photos © Bernard Mills |
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Photo © A McGlasham |
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| At Marsh Mills |
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Arrival |
| Photos © Keith Miller |
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Photo © Bernard Mills |
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| Welcome! |
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In Alfred Bell's siding |
| Photos © Bernard Mills |
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| On site of Lee Moor Tramway |
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Wadebridge Hill |
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First Tow |
| Photos © Bernard Mills |
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| Second Tow |
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At the Top |
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PVR at Last! |
| Photos © Bernard Mills |
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| Boiler and Smokebox |
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Unloading the driving wheels |
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Getting the front bogie out of the shed |
| Photos © Dave Williams |
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| More pictures of the bogie at Swanage |
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Pony wheel and axlebox |
| Photos © Peter D Pickering |
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| Boring axlebox |
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Driving box being bored |
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White metalled axlebox |
| Photos © Peter D Pickering |
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| Driving axlebox after white metalling |
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Aligning bar in place in horn gaps |
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Frames with aligning bars in place |
| Photos © Peter D Pickering |
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| Machining Injectors |
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Rear view of lefthand cylinder |
| Photos © Peter D Pickering |
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Photo © Dave Williams |
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| Brake hangers and cab |
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The smokebox before painting |
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Bill Baker painting inside the smokebox |
| Photos © Dave Williams |
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| Left side of frame |
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Inside the shed at Bodmin General |
| Photos © Dave Williams |
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| Cylinder lube pipework |
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Repairs to front Tube Plate nearly finished |
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The regulator valve stripped of its internals |
| Photo © Dave Williams |
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Photos © Oliver Furnell |
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| The regulator valve piston is cleaned, surfaces
checked, rings are cleaned and checked to ensure free movement and everything
is then degreased, all oily deposits are removed. |
| Photos © Oliver Furnell |
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| The completed valve, firstly in the
shut position, then in the fully open position. |
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The linkage comes together on the boiler backhead. |
| Photos © Oliver Furnell |
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| 32 Flue tubes, cut to length, awaiting annealing before fitting
inside the boiler. |
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A batch of tubes await fitting, cleaned and free of
rust or grease/oil. |
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The bottom nest of smoke (or small) tubes start to
go into the boiler. |
| Photos © Oliver Furnell |
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| The tubes going into the boiler, working from the
bottom up. The crow bar is used to catch the tube that is being controlled from
the smoke box, to help lift and guide it into the firebox tube plate. |
| Photos © Oliver Furnell |
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| Close up after the tubes have been expanded in the firebox
before beading the ends and welding them. |
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Now it's the turn of those in the smokebox.
This shows the bottom two rows after expanding. |
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The boiler and firebox are craned off the
transporter at Bodmin General. |
| Photos © Oliver Furnell |
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Photo © Dave Mitchell |
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| View of firebox from underneath on r/h side looking forward,
showing Thermic Syphons, combustion chamber & firebox tubeplate. |
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Boiler testing took place 8, 9 and 10 November.
Good to see smoke from the funnel at last! |
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Steam, steam, glorious steam! |
| Photos © Dave Mitchell |
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| Last chance for working inside before the boiler is
replaced. |
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Now the boiler and firebox are suspended over the frames. |
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Nearly in. |
| Photo © Dave Williams |
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Photos © Syd Carroll |
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| Almost there. |
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Last few inches to go. |
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Now the cab is on. |
| Photos © Syd Carroll |
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| Ready to be put away. |
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Some help for the Beattie. |
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Hard work for a little engine. |
| Photos © Syd Carroll |
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| The Cab |
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The Tender Tank arrives! |
| Photos © Dave Williams |
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Photo © Keith Searle |
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| The skeletal framework for the air smoothed
casing. |
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A real spamcan? |
| Photos © Dave Williams |
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| At last - starting to look like a
"flat top"! |
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Just some of the copper piping. |
| Photos © Colin Coomber |
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Photo © John Butcher |
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| The three-throw crank and chain |
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RH side of cab and truck |
| Photos © John Butcher |
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| Sump valve gear |
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Reverser gear |
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Working on the footplate |
| Photos © Dave Williams |
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Photo © Colin Coomber |
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| Dave Mitchell heating the vacuum ejector steam pipe prior to
further bending. |
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Bulleid's "igloo" - the inside of the
air-smoothed casing |
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The connecting rods are fitted |
| Photos © Colin Coomber |
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| The Steam Test - 30 August 2006 |
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| In light steam |
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Gauge glass |
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Firebox |
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| Pressure rising |
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Smoke |
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Steam |
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| Steam chest pressure |
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Two Southern ladies |
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Outside the shed |
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| Steam cock |
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Almost there |
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Thar she blows! |
| Photos © Peter Richards |
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