Martin Shaw
Western Thunderer
Currently the loco is partly dismantled for it's annual boiler insurance exam. This principally involves the backhead fittings but for other reasons the dome is also off, I suspect to blank off the regulator for a reface and to blank it off for the hydraulic test. Todays pics were necessarily limited due to shortage of time and also various bits of wet paint around the engine. Each photo has a caption but it's all pretty obvious, any questions ask away.

RH front footstep, LH is the same.

RH rear footstep, LH is the same.

8" by 8.5" Westinghouse pump

RH tank footstep with tank filler above

Handbrake column inside RH cab door

Cab LH (drivers) side interior

RH front footstep, LH is the same.

RH rear footstep, LH is the same.

8" by 8.5" Westinghouse pump

RH tank footstep with tank filler above

Handbrake column inside RH cab door

Cab LH (drivers) side interior