Getting Narrow M... ähh... Gauged

[Schraddel]

Hello,

it is time to write this thread a little further. Fortunately Don and the admins were able to eliminate the signs.
The running gear was stripped down to the bare frame nearly:


A little big killjoy in the terms of a bent crosshead guide is visible now. This causes irregular running and because it is not directly visible you are searching a long time until:




 
And of course pilot and cow catcher were bent down. The usually suspects.





With big carefulness the cowcatcher and Pilot were straightened. The cow catcher is made old school manner out of many individual parts. So soldering here is not an option until absolute necessary because it is broken.





At the rear end there were cracks in the soldered joints between the rearmost transverse traverse. This was resoldered with a torch.



Lutz