D & R G W   F81
2-10-2  Locomotive Progress

September 26th, 2019  - 
Cab and Boiler Details
 
Hours of work on the Cab and Boiler details, lots of these custom made brass fittings. You can see many details in these shots, from rivots to piping, handrails and more.
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"After they finished the backhead, a couple of them thought that it would be funny to paint themselves nude and crawl into the cab to see how all the newly installed fittings worked. Their thought was, that if the backhead is not painted, then we should not be either! Needless to say, I was not amused...   If they were not doing such a good job, I would have fired them on the spot, and sent them packing... Well, enough said....  
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ter the backhead was complete, I was tired and just let the boys work on what ever part of the engine they wanted to. Their focus was to get the master for the dome finished and then send it to the casting shop. Once the castings were installed for the domes and stack. most of the additional piping on the top of the boiler was complete."  - - Barry

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