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Talking of tubes etc, it would be wise to use boiler chemical to help tube and boiler life. Here are some pictures of our 19D 2685 after long use of chemicals adapted for the water we use at USR. Any water treatment specialists should be able to help you out. We spending around R350 a day on ...

Not all of Natal steam heritage was involved in this @#$% up! Just so its clear to all whom may think this is what Natal has to offer,other groups in Natal (USR) were not involved with this tour from the start and were not asked to be part of this tour at the beginning! As this mess unfolded the USR ...

Wow gents, I thought my 3br has problems?! What are the rest like? Huge oxygen pitting in thoughs black areas leading to the holes.Not time for a full retube?

Hi john,thanks,the problem with the seat thats threaded into the outer boiler plate, is that where the thread for the cap steps down to the taper thread of the seat its counterbored for the rocker washer under the stay and that counterbore plus the wastage from the outside and years of rusting, it ...

Having change only the caps on 2 of our locos at Usr in the past,it was found to be a wasted exercise as the stay seat in the boiler itself is generally in the same condition as the caps you replace.On both occasions the locos ran for another few months untill the seats began to fail with the new ...