Right hand outside piston

The piston awaits compression of the rings to get it into the bore. It isn't as easy as compressing piston rings on a car, as the bore has steps where the steam ports are located. One piston also weighs more than most car engines do.

View across the rocker arm slots from the right side of the engine

The mechanical lubricator.

Each of the brass outlets will have a narrow copper pipe connected to it to carry the oil to where it is needed.

Left hand side of the engine, with re-cast wheels disconnected from the others to allow valve setting.

Left hand view of the rollers which allow the wheels to be turned.

Right hand of engine.

Nameplate

View of the bogie from the left side.

Note the outside springing on the front (left) set of bogie wheels, yet inside springing on the rear (right) set. This allows sufficient space for the 4 low-slung pistons.

We don't often get a clear view of the left side of the engine, due to adjacent projects.

Left hand rocker arm and outside valve spindle.

Left hand rocker arm.

The magnificent tender. Front left view.

Tender apparatus.

How much coal will we need to fill this?

Rear view of tender.

This blue is the colour that will be carried by 6023 for its first years of steaming.

The coal bunker from above.

The original tender maker's plate.

The cab pipework.

Front right engine after the installation of the valve cover (top).

This apparently simple job necessitated the disconnection of the rocker arm and the front valve cover, so the spindle would go in far enough to get the cover over the end.

Unusual view of the engine from the filler cap of the tender.

That single chimney.

Note the slot behind the chimney showing the extent of the double chimney. This hole will be filled.

Marvellous pipe work in the cab.

The regulator and pipework.

Peter removing the firebox stays.

More work on the firebox.

Note the huge number of stays that must be removed and replaced.

The firebox of 6000 King George V.

This is what the final inside view of the firebox will look like. Note the brick arch and the spaces between the firebars at the bottom of the picture for air to be drawn up through the fire. The burning coal will fill the space above the firebars, and the fire will be directed round the arch and sucked through the bolier pipes in the top of the picture by the force of the steam blastpipe at the front of the engine.

The cab from just behind the driver's seat.

The cab again.

Note the Oil/No Oil Gauge, bottom centre. This is borrowed - we need to find one for 6023!

The ejector pipe.

View along the right of the engine after successful installation of the ejector pipe.

The ejector pipe is the large bore one just inside the handrail.