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MARTELLO - a pictorial step by step record of the engine's strip down to the boiler lift. To manually scroll through images click on the picture and use arrow keys. (For more recent images see bottom of the page)
(all photographic images created by and reproduced with the kind permission of - Ian Robertson, David Hall, James Hoye, Phillip Rooke and Alastair Baker)
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Close up view of SR Eastleigh Olive green
First undercoat on the wheels - August 2015
Brake hangers newly painted - August 2015
Wheels with final top coat applied and black backing and lining - October 2015
New tubes in postion and ready to be expanded (smokebox end) - October 2015
Cab panels with top coat and black lining - Oct 15
Cab interior with new painting - Oct 15
Coupling rods, brake hangars and brake rodding back on - November 15
Tubes being expanded at the smokebox end. There's 119 to do - a repetitive and time consuming process! - Nov 15
Meanwhile the bright parts (brass fittings) are being burnished up ready for refitting. Here the brass rims from the rear cab windows, or spectacles, are being cleaned. Nov 15
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