Great Central Railway Loughborough Leicestershire 29th August 2024

A1 Pacific 60163 "Tornado" is hauling GCR passenger trains this weekend 31st August and 1st September 2024. See www.gcrailway.co.uk/timetables-and-fares/

As our small part in the preparation of Tornado myself and cleaner Brandon helped David Wright to refit the screens of the smokebox self-cleaner this morning. We were prepping 8F 48305 just visible under the bridge when asked to give him a hand & were happy to oblige.

The screens fit around the blast pipe, the metal plates on the ground at the tubeplate end (David was deep in the smokebox fitting the first of 3) and 3 other wire mesh plates at the door end, the rods leaning on the buffer are the support bars for the latter. Any large pieces of char passing through the boiler tubes tend to be broken up on impact with the mesh, creating finer particles that are swept up into the chimney instead of accumulating in the bottom of the smokebox.

Taken in: UK / England / Charnwood District / Loughborough (show map)

Taken on: August 29, 2024

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