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Sunday, 5 February 2023

Sunday

Tom using the overhead crane to lift No.2's chimney .....
..... for Peter to position on the smokebox
Andy, Peter & Tom using a T square to ensure alignment
of the centres of the blastpipe & chimney
Jim cleaning threads of No.2's fusible plug
Barry, Dennis, Terry, Geoff, Tommy, Susan, Mary, Martin & Alison ind discussion at AH
Elaine cleaning the edge of the path down to Andrews House
Richard showing Jonny how to titrate to test for tannins level in boiler water
(We use tannins to reduce free oxygen in water, to reduce corrosion)
Oliver cutting gasket rings for No.2's pipework
Callum cleaning No.2
Logan removing scrap tubes from Horden
Chris nicking tubes to reduce their hold to ease removal from the smokebox tubeplate
Bobby making an upstand pipe
(to mount the vacuum brake control valve)
 ......
..... which Matthew fits in No.2's cab
During today's MIC, Logan helping Peter to dismantle an austerity injector
Peter leading the discussion about how injectors operate, and how to handle simple faults
Oliver & Callum working on the weltrol

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