The Diary of the Re-building Baudot 8187


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Day three


The boiler barel with the smoke box removed.

Looking into the smoke box. The "O" ring had gone hard in the twenty years since it was placed as the steam tight joint between the manifold and the boiler tube.

The boiler with two boiler bands removed

The boiler outer brass sheet has been removed.

Some of the cork insulation has been removed.

I reminder for me of what the read of the boiler and fitting looked like prior to stripping down.

The pipe that feeds the injector with steam

The boiler with the main cladding completely removed.