Wash and Brush Up

Number 73020 a standard Class 5 locomotive has been in traffic for sixteen days and goes back to the sheds for cleaning inside and out and a detailed mechanical checkup A team of men each with his special job takes over Before they are reassembled the parts are inspected then steam raising begins again After vacuum tests by the crew coal is taken on water topped up and less than twentyseven hours after entering the sheds 73020 is back on duty