The Diary of the Re-building Baudot 8187


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Day two


To lift off the boiler a hoist was used that had been built be me some 6 years ago !!!

This meant that there was no struggle to get the boiler off the loco and will make putting it back easier too.

The chassis before the clean up began

Rather a lot of coal dirt and shows that I did not properly clean down the loco when I last used it !!!

same comment as above

The boiler is removed and ready to move forward into the disassembly position.

This shows the right hand side an the considerable amount of grime !!!

This is the right hand steam chest opened up and it was found that the slide valve was jammed and needs to be completely  cleaned up and a new shaft provided as there is no hydraulic lock up released at the front end.

The chassis in much cleaner condition.