Mike Turner's

The steam pipes, blast pipe and petticoat have been removed, prior to lifting the boiler

Now that the smokebox floor trap door has been removed, you can see the front of the middle engine

This is where the steam pipe to the fireman

Various removed bits, including the petticoat.

The smokebox door, and the three steam pipes

The front half of the boiler has started to rise.

The rear end of the boiler isn

The grate has been partially dismantled. It is much easier to wait until the boiler has been removed, before getting the parts out.

The front end of the boiler has risen quite a way

The lifting chains are very substantial

Some small modifications are made to the ashpans, to free them from the boiler

The front end of the boiler has risen, again

The rear end of the boiler is now free of the ashpans

The whole boiler is very well balanced

The boiler is moved sideways

The boiler is ready to be lowered on to  wooden blocks

The boiler is lowered on to  wooden blocks

The saddle, showing the accumulation of debris under the smokebox

The frames, after removal of the boiler, including the remains of the grate in the ashpans

The boiler will have to be moved, again, so the lifting chains are left in position

The remains of the grate are still in the ashpans. It will be much easier to remove them, now that the boiler has gone.

The boiler and frames, side by side

The driver

The boiler sits alongside the frames

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