Irish

Tentatively it looks good. Any chance you can shoot a different photo on a light background and maybe aim a light at it too. I don't know a lot about taking photos with additional light but there are folks on here who do.

It is so dark that it is almost impossible to see any detail other than a bit of wood grain.

Jack

Nees a tarp over the top

or some other rain shedding device for the funnel.  And the side bracing looks kind of flimsy as it transmits the loads in only one direction.  But I"m sure there are a dozen or two prototype photos I haven't seen yet proving me wrong.

Load revised

After the framing collapsed (Novel Iron Works must have done a poor job with the framing) I rebuilt it, with more bracing, and am working on securing it.  Shipping date is the late 1920's.

The boiler is over one bolster, and the other heavy item (the propeller shaft) is over the other one.  I'll be adding blocks of 4 x 4's around the crates.  Does the frame for the boiler need chains to the stake pockets, or will nailing the crate to the flatcar bed suffice? 

The ironworks has yet to cover the stack, but canvas is on order.  (The used teabag is drying...)

So--is this good? Or will it make a shop supervisor or freight conductor cry?  (And yes, the crates are askew; that will get fixed before securing everything...)

"The B&M is getting ready to

"The B&M is getting ready to ship this boiler to the boatyard in Maine, and I was wondering how this looks for timbering around it" 

   Probably depends on the way the boiler would mount in the boat? If it has  strong bottom mounting lugs or pads they'd likely bolt some timbers under it and tie it down from them. I've seen these old boilers mounted on sled like skids that they could move around by hooking the winch cable to a distant tree and pulling themselves over toward it so upper rigging is probably not needed as long as the skid timbers are well secured. If the boiler is shipped with more delicate items like steam gauges attached they might build some upper protective framework and tarp the load? Probably some photos of similar loads online if you can figure out where to search for them? .DaveB

Mounting

I don't want to tarp the load; that would defeat the purpose of taking a boiler from a dwarven steam cannon and building a crate around it.  Since the boiler would be exposed to the open sea on the boat, anything attached to it won't be delicate.

I've searched and found no photos of shipments yet.

So, I just have to decide if everything is rigid enough that chains aren't necessary...