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Another selection of photos: Right, the completed boiler prior to hydraulic test. No holes drilled for the cylinder yet so the test was completed to 2 times working pressure at 240 psi. A couple of very minor weeps at the top pressure that were cured with a little soft solder caulk.
		A view of the backhead with the fire door fitted. The door is top hinged with the handle pointing forward with a slot latch lock to hold it open
A view of the grate without the ash pan. The two pins at the front/back are quick release pins that can be pulled out to drop the fire.
		The horn plates fitted temporarily. All the holes except those with the fitting rivets (nutted inside) are for dummy rivets finished flush at the back of the hornplate
The smokebox with the exhaust inlet flanged elbow fitted
		Smokebox and door. The rectangular gap at the bottom is the space for the front towbar assembly that bolts to the boiler shell. The boiler shell extends to the front of the smokebox so the outer smokebox seen here is like a double skin.
Here is a view of the exhaust expansion chamber
		The stack in it raw unfinished state
The cylinder block with its external surfaces machined. Internal valve chests and throttle chest still to be done as are the bores in the first view, and in the second view the block is virtually fully machined having its boiler fixing holes drilled.
		A view of the boiler with cylinder block temporarily mounted alongside the chassis. Both have had a few early but not final coates of paint.
The LP liner being bored in the lathe.
		..................... to be continued.
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