Lots of small jobs = some progress

 Water is injected into the boiler at the top, to ensure that the water is directed to the sides and not straight down onto the tubes, this deflector plate is fitted.  The original was completely life expired, badly corroded and falling to bits.  This is the new fabrication which will be delivered to Riley's engineering for fitting to the boiler.

 Another view of the underside, it attaches to the stays inside the boiler via the clamps fitted below it.

The riveting of the cab is still to take place, before this can happen the cab panels have to be removed to clean the paint from between the joints.  This is the cab front piece, paint removed, prior to refitting.

Now bolted back into place.

The reversing rod support bracket clamped into place before drilling the fixing holes.

The reversing rod now fitted with the tunnel also in place on the right.

Benny bolting the tunnel into place.

The business end of the rod is attached to the reverser itself, which now has its cover fitted.

Benny lining up the rod whilst holding the head of the bolts with a spanner.

Pipework and one of the sand box filling pipes fitted.

The vacuum system pipework is gradually being fitted.

The pipe run underneath the running board.

A view between the frames with pipework and one of the sandboxes fitted.

Another view from the cab area.

Underneath the left hand running board, linkage, pipework and the reversing rod.

Another sand box with the filling pipe fitted.

The right hand expansion link fitted.

Not a brilliant picture but this shows the lubricator linkage and in the background is the eye bolt which is used to lift the connecting rod.

A close up of the lubricator pipe work.

Running board riveting finished.

The riveting in place of the running boards has been completed.  This view was taken whilst I was sitting in the drivers seat, how I achieved this will be explained later in the post.  Work is now concentrated on the cleaning, and fitting the miles of lubrication pipe work.  The guide and tunnel for the reversing rod can be seen in place on the left hand running board.

All four of the access steps have been fabricated and fitted to the frames, this being the front left hand set.

Above the steps the riveted running board and hand grab.

Newly fitted rivets, part of the step mounting in the rear left hand running board.  The side of the cab is visible in this view.

The reason that I was able to take a photo of the frames whilst sitting in the drivers seat, is that the cab has been fitted to the frames.  Two reasons for this, first of all to ensure that the running board it sits on is in the correct position for riveting.  The second is that most of the cab has been newly fabricated and bolted together whilst standing on the shed floor.  To ensure that it is sitting square, it has been firmly bolted down onto the running boards, which will make it more rigid  In this position the lower half of the cab panels will be riveted together, then it will be lifted off again to complete the riveting of the roof from ground level.