Looking underneath the footplate the red pipe to the left of the picture is the feed for the vacuum filler - The steam pipe can be seen in the firebox and is fed down through the footplate where it will be connected to the engine in the front unit via silicon tubing
Looking underneath the footplate the red pipe to the left of the picture is the feed for the vacuum filler - The steam pipe can be seen in the firebox and is fed down through the footplate where it will be connected to the engine in the front unit via silicon tubing
07 - The evolution of No. 2 "ENID" - an 0-4-0 + 0-4-0 Garratt style loco
Rea Valley Light Railway @ fotopic.net
The boiler is from the largest of the Mamod stationary engines and is fitted with a simple regulator and displacement lubricator - The globe valve sitting on the footplate is the vacuum filler control for the boilerPrevious | NextThe boiler is fired with a three wick burner - Each burner is 15mm in diameter with the meths being fed from the rear unit via the red silicon tubing

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