The left outside cylinder bore awaiting its piston

The left piston

The piston bore after greasing

The left piston goes in after much effort

A satisfied team!

Mike, Dennis, Malcolm, Paul, Ian and Richard

The right hand cylinder bore.

The slimmest member of the team, Tom, lubrictaes the 16" x 28" bore.

The right hand piston, with protected grease monkey, Tom.

Holding in the piston ring.

Despite trying methods as one would use on car engine piston rings, the difficult throat to the cylinder bores caused by the steam ports and draincock channels was best bridged by jamming the piston rings in with piees of paper. They will dissolve in the first breath of steam into the cylinders.

Ian and Paul pressing in the piston rings

The left hand crosshead.

The left hand piston rod is forced home into the crosshead.

A solution to a difficult problem.

At Swindon the rod and crosshead would have been forced together by a 25 ton press. We will achieve the same fit, albeit more slowly, by hammering in wedges to the gudgeon pin hole.

A double chimney.

This is similar to the chimney 6023 would have carried in her letter years on BR.

The home trainer? Sadly not.

This 8 second exposure during a manual turning of the front 4 drivers is reminiscent of shots from Swindon's static loco testing plant.

Another 8-second exposure.

Two volunteers man ratchets on the other side of the loco, one man on this side and an air pump driving the rollers under the main wheel in this shot.

The brake cylinder under the cab floor.

The cab floor removed for painting.

TPWS mock up.

This modern train protection system has to be integrated with 'old tech'. Neverthless, it must be fitted ergonomically for our drivers.