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Progress on Clan Line at Crewe at the beginning of September 2015

  • The boiler and ashpans have been removed, showing parts of the loco that you can't usually see
  • You can't usually see the middle big end from this viewpoint
  • Every removed part has been inspected and labelled
  • Everything has been labelled
  • One set of connecting, coupling and eccentric rods
  • The various parts of the dismantled grate
  • One of the crank pins
  • A big end
  • This is the current view from the driver's position
  • The ashpans have been removed without dismantling them
  • The superheater elements and the boiler
  • The removed superheater elements
  • The stainless steel smokebox floor had to be cut out, to gain access to the bolts that fix the smokebox to the saddle. It will be refitted, once the boiler is back on the frames.
  • The top row of flues has been removed, and all the other flues, and the tubes, have been cut, ready for removal.
  • The T-bolts, etc., that fix each superheater element to the superheater header.
  • The top row of flues have been removed, and all the other flues, and the tubes, have been cut, ready for removal.
  • Looking through the front tubeplate, you can see the delivery pipes (left), and the main steam pipe (right).
  • The top row of flues have been removed, and a start has been made on cutting the other flues and tubes, prior to their removal.

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