Branch pipes and "wishbones"

Herb, the branch pipe runs from the injector to the check valve near the front of the boiler. The draw pipe runs from the tender tank to the injector. I was warned by someone that all piping ought to be replaced, but my bad, I forgot. They had lots of scale, and that caused stuck check valves the first day. they were also cracked and thin. In the best of all worlds a restored locomotive should get all new piping, but with such a dilapidated unit we had to draw the line somewhere.

The steam header pipes or "wishbones" run from the throttle pipe to the cylinder saddle in the smokebox. These sprung a leak during a hydo, and we addressed these thouroughly. All the steam was from the engine "dead centering" or on the turntable. This was a result from getting stuck on a a dead beat from the engine being out of time.