The loco is now properly aligned and almost fully lowered on to the tracks. You can see the last axle and its two wheels just before it came to rest on to the tracks. You can also see the rails fastened together with the help of a fish-plate with only one bolt on each side. At some joints, where holes were not available in the rail for the bolts, only one bolt was used to hold the fish-plate and the rails together. In this instance, the two rails would have a gap of about an inch to allow the passage of the bolt. This temporary arrangement was adequate to retrieve the loco at slow speed.

Date: 2004-11-09
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size:
Full size: 806x588