Prototype: Shay No.1 "Constance" in Deane Siding Wolgan Valley line

Working the 1 in 25 out of the gorge circa 1910

Drivers

Fabricated frame bits

Horns

Uni spiders

Yokes for the uni joints

Propeller shaft bits

Nearly truck assembly time

Trucks are done

A truck

Final drive

Drive line of rolling chassis

Boiler blocking patterns

Aligns OK

Throatplate - much patience

Close to first heat

Master boiler maker at work

Wheelie bin boiler pickling

Etching the boiler registration placard

Boiler rego

Smoke box nearly done

The long awaited marriage

Spectacle plate in ply

Cab nearly done