Progress report on O&K locomotive No. 11112 Boiler
Keith Stevens has sent us the following pictures which clearly show the firebox is now fitted. This will shortly be riveted.
The smokebox along with front tube plate and smokebox door are now completed and ready to be fitted. Thereafter the tubes will be fitted and the hydraulic testing completed. Completion of the boiler is approximately a month away. As one can see from the photographs below Keith Stevens does a professional job using traditional boiler repair and refurbishment methods. We will in essence receive a new boiler when this task is completed.
Moved from Angola some years ago it is one of only three left in the world. Original 500mm track size resulted in one being sold to Germany. We do own the other two.
The other locomotive 12140 is also under construction with the boiler at Keith’s place for repairs.
