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Lake Macquarie Live Steam Locomotive Society
Prototype: Shay No.1 "Constance" in Deane Siding Wolgan Valley line
Working the 1 in 25 out of the gorge circa 1910
Drivers
Fabricated frame bits
Horns
Uni spiders
Yokes for the uni joints
Propeller shaft bits
Nearly truck assembly time
Trucks are done
A truck
Final drive
Drive line of rolling chassis
Boiler blocking patterns
Aligns OK
Throatplate - much patience
Close to first heat
Master boiler maker at work
Wheelie bin boiler pickling
Etching the boiler registration placard
Boiler rego
Smoke box nearly done
The long awaited marriage
Spectacle plate in ply
Cab nearly done
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