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Firing up for your steam trip
Lighting a Wallis & Steevens
The preparation for a steam day
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![Unlatch smokebox door](pics/t/000076.jpg)
Unlatch smokebox door
![Open smokebox door](pics/t/000077.jpg)
Open smokebox door
![Sweep tubes](pics/t/000078.jpg)
Sweep tubes
![Sweep tubes](pics/t/000079.jpg)
Sweep tubes
![Sweep round smokebox](pics/t/000080.jpg)
Sweep round smokebox
![Clean out soot from smoke box](pics/t/000081.jpg)
Clean out soot from smoke box
![Rake out firebox](pics/t/000082.jpg)
Rake out firebox
![Rake out firebox - internal view](pics/t/000083.jpg)
Rake out firebox - internal view
![Empty ashpan](pics/t/000084.jpg)
Empty ashpan
![Clean smokebox door](pics/t/000085.jpg)
Clean smokebox door
![Re-fit smokebox door](pics/t/000086.jpg)
Re-fit smokebox door
![Remove chimney cap](pics/t/000087.jpg)
Remove chimney cap
![Fit spark arrester](pics/t/000088.jpg)
Fit spark arrester
![Open boiler clacks](pics/t/000089.jpg)
Open boiler clacks
![Open cylinder drains](pics/t/000090.jpg)
Open cylinder drains
![Glass is full](pics/t/000091.jpg)
Glass is full
![Drain boiler](pics/t/000092.jpg)
Drain boiler
![Drain to 1/2 glass](pics/t/000093.jpg)
Drain to 1/2 glass
![Split kindling](pics/t/000094.jpg)
Split kindling
![Check front damper is on first notch](pics/t/000095.jpg)
Check front damper is on first notch
![Moisten oily rag with paraffin](pics/t/000096.jpg)
Moisten oily rag with paraffin
![Operate ignition key](pics/t/000097.jpg)
Operate ignition key
![Oily rag into firebox](pics/t/000098.jpg)
Oily rag into firebox
![Add kindling](pics/t/000099.jpg)
Add kindling
![Shut that door!](pics/t/000100.jpg)
Shut that door!
![Little more kindling](pics/t/000101.jpg)
Little more kindling
![A good wood fire](pics/t/000102.jpg)
A good wood fire
![Add small coal](pics/t/000103.jpg)
Add small coal
![Then fire with normal size coal](pics/t/000104.jpg)
Then fire with normal size coal
![Fire gets going](pics/t/000105.jpg)
Fire gets going
![Fire (showing tubes)](pics/t/000106.jpg)
Fire (showing tubes)
![Oil valvestem](pics/t/000107.jpg)
Oil valvestem
![Oil Motion links](pics/t/000108.jpg)
Oil Motion links
![Oil main bearings](pics/t/000109.jpg)
Oil main bearings
![Oil Big ends](pics/t/000110.jpg)
Oil Big ends
![Top-up steering oilers](pics/t/000111.jpg)
Top-up steering oilers
![Top-up footplate oilers](pics/t/000112.jpg)
Top-up footplate oilers
![Oil wheel bearings](pics/t/000113.jpg)
Oil wheel bearings
![Polish up brass](pics/t/000114.jpg)
Polish up brass
![Dip waist tanks](pics/t/000115.jpg)
Dip waist tanks
![Coming up to pressure](pics/t/000116.jpg)
Coming up to pressure
![Warm up cylinders with open drain cocks](pics/t/000117.jpg)
Warm up cylinders with open drain cocks
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