Overhaul update
Both sides cab running steps are now permanently fitted and the work to mount the new injectors to them is advancing, more so on the driver’s side.
Here we see the injector bolted into place with the pipework attached. The new connections for the water bags from the tender are also to be seen.
Newly painted brackets ready to fit the other side’s injector.
This is the vacuum standpipe for the front buffer beam still attached to the cross pipe normally hidden behind the beam. It requires the usual paint treatment before attachment. Note the brake blocks ready to fit once all the brake rigging is in place.
Freshly painted parts, comprising a length of piping for the right hand feed water system, and parts of the firedoor operating mechanism.
The smokebox door has been brought in from the cold. It and its liner, uppermost, are to be replaced by new pieces.