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Love it Nick, thanks for sharing !!!

What needs fixing?

Nothing major... I hope 

The gauge glass is missing in the video, glass was broken off at the fitting. You can hear air in the video leaking through a few of the fittings, both the whistle and pressure gauge connections are loose. The governor needs adjusting, there are 2 nuts underneath the top that jam together, but they had come loose and spun down the threads when running in reverse. It was pointed out on SmokStak that the steering chains are too loose, it takes 40 turns of the steering wheel from one side to the other, and the loose chains may add 10 turns. One of the handrails was also knocked off the back, but it's here and just cosmetic.

I would also like to have someone look it over before attempting to fire it, but maybe I'll go for a small test anyway... we'll see... The boiler was hydro-tested, but many years ago...