Work on #10 Douglas

10th and 14th January 2003

Preparing 'Douglas' for Annual Boiler Inspection
Above the brick arch, the tube-plate has been cleaned for inspection

Keith Loughlin cleans traces of Foliac from the gauge-glass flange faces

Neil Davis was using a mill table ..

.. to check the regulator faces

Video (76KB): Julie, well lagged against the cold wind, cleans the joint face of the dome
Photos and video (all 10th January 2003): Tony Wood

Equipping Douglas to steam-heat his carriages

David Sibley made and fitted ...

... this bracket to support the pipework

.. and is almost ready to fit this 'tree' with safety valve and pressure regulator

Photos (10th January 2003): Tony Wood

14th January 2003:
David installed the 'tree' today, and by late afternoon had also fitted the steam supply pipe from the manifold. The connector on the elbow is for the steam heat pressure gauge, already installed above the firebox. (The black handle is the water valve to the left hand side injector, the brass valve handles at the top of the photo are to the hydrostatic lubricator for cylinders and valvechests)

Photo (14th January 2003): Tony Wood

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Renovating the ex-Thomas boiler to fit onto Douglas

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Preparing 'Douglas' for Annual Boiler Inspection Above the brick arch, the tube-plate has been cleaned for inspection
	Keith Loughlin cleans traces of Foliac from the gauge-glass flange faces
Neil Davis was using a mill table ..
.. to check the regulator faces
Video (76KB): Julie, well lagged against the cold wind, cleans the joint face of the dome Photos and video (all 10th January 2003): Tony Wood

Equipping Douglas to steam-heat his carriages David Sibley made and fitted ...
	... this bracket to support the pipework
.. and is almost ready to fit this 'tree' with safety valve and pressure regulator Photos (10th January 2003): Tony Wood
14th January 2003: David installed the 'tree' today, and by late afternoon had also fitted the steam supply pipe from the manifold. The connector on the elbow is for the steam heat pressure gauge, already installed above the firebox. (The black handle is the water valve to the left hand side injector, the brass valve handles at the top of the photo are to the hydrostatic lubricator for cylinders and valvechests) Photo (14th January 2003): Tony Wood