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 boiler
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 boiler
07 - The evolution of No. 2 "ENID" - an 0-4-0 + 0-4-0 Garratt style loco
Rea Valley Light Railway @ fotopic.net
Its 1983 and the new ENID stands in Northfield station - Steel from old oil cans has been used this time for constructionPrevious | NextLooking 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

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