Ritchie Jacobs of Trainmax in New Orleans has made some great progress on the shay boiler lately. He is very active when it comes to Facebook live videos and often documents the various things he is working on. I have come to really enjoy his videos as he thoroughly explains what his viewers are looking at, whether it’s a full scale locomotive or a model one. Check out these videos and photos he posted of some of his recent work on my boiler…
Throttle dry pipe video (YouTube)
Tube sheet work:
Rear tube sheet video (YouTube)
Firebox tack-welded up…
It’s starting to really come together!