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F81 2-10-2 Locomotive Progress August 5th, 2019 - Bolier Construction |
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| Construction of the boiler begins. This is not just a PVC pipe or Plastistrut tube, as the F81 had a tappered boiler which required four different sections plus the firebox. |
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"The boys in the fabrication shop had the machines
humming, and cranked out the boiler in a couple of days. It was not real easy
to do, but it was not their first rodeo, so they knew what they had to do, and
it seemed like it was completed in record time." - - Barry
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