Great Central Railway Loughborough Leicestershire 4th April 2018

            All the BR Standards are fitted with rocking grates and hopper ashpans. This is the opening mechanism for the hopper doors on 70013 Oliver Cromwell in the closed position. It is located beneath the driver's side of the cab. 

The large catch on the right lifts up and with the rocking bar fitted into the end of the protruding section to the right you can lift the arm up and open the 3 bottom doors dropping the ashpan contents into the pit below. One of the small doors is visible below the 2 large nuts on the left and clearly does not close flush.

The large brass fitting at the top of the view is one of the injectors, its overflow pipe actually runs to the fireman's side of the cab

I had some problems opening the doors because the ashpan, now 10 years old, is becoming quite fragile due to the rusting which is quite evident in this shot. A new section will probably be welded on in the near future.

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Charnwood Borough (show map)

Taken on: April 4, 2018

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Camera: Olympus TG-5, f/2.0, 1/30 sec, 4.5mm, ISO 320 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Olympus TG-5
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Focal Length:	4.5mm
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Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Auto, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
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Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
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