The current progress with lagging the boiler.
Photo: Laurence Armstrong

The motion's pins have been removed and sent for hardening.
Photo: Laurence Armstrong

For curiosity... inside the 'front-end'.
Photo: Laurence Armstrong

The new smoke-box drain pipe descending from the underside of the smoke-box.
Photo: Erle Ford

The new smoke-box drain pipe being painted.
Photo: Erle Ford

These are the stainless moulds for casting our brick arch components.
Photo: Laurence Armstrong

The ashpan drench was completed this weekend.
Photo: AndrewCole/Laurence Armstrong

Another view of the ashpan drench as the grate is being refitted.
Photo: AndrewCole/Laurence Armstrong

More pipework - one of the splitters needed to split the supply to the valve and cylinder glands together with the new pipe to the slide bar splitter.
Photo: Laurence Armstrong

More pipework - the other end of the pipes in the previous photo.
Photo: Laurence Armstrong

Two points of interest here: first the running plate in front of the smokebox door was finally made and fitted and second the lamp was refitted after its internal electrics have been fitted.
Photo: Laurence Armstrong

Let there be light..... Showing off the lamp with its various bulbs and internal battery fitted
Photo: David Oates

Another view of the light this time with some of the shed lights on.
Photo: Laurence Armstrong