During August the bunker was removed for full examination and to allow the cab floor plates, which we knew were badly corroded, to be replaced. A raised platform had also to be removed to uncover the top of the RH sandbox, which had been also been removed at some point. A new sandbox will be made as the original is missing!
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| RH side of footplate steps. This needed to be removed to access bolts to release steps. |
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| RH side of footplate with cover removed. Hole for sandbox revealed. |
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| Bunker being lifted clear of footplate. |
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| Bunker removed. Floor in footplate will need replacing. |
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| LH floor panel removed. Allan French caught on camera! |
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| RH side of footplate with bunker stored on RH of gate. Sand box hole behind reverser. |
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| Makers plates from the bunker heated and shotblasted. Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns Ltd, Newcastle & Darlington 1943. |
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