
Something for the children – What’s Under Victoria’s Shiny Green Paint
Date posted: 8th July 2020
We all know that Victoria has that lovely shiny green paint, but what is underneath it?
Well, the shiny green part is called the boiler and this is where all the water is. Inside are tubes that the heat from the fire goes along and boils the water, which then makes steam, and this is what Victoria uses to drive herself along.
All of you that have Victoria’s story books can see the diagram in the back which explains this in more detail.
Would you like to see some pictures of Victoria without her green shiny paint? Well take a look at these pictures below.
You can see here Lloyd has taken off one of Victoria's green tin boiler sheets and underneath there are lengths of wood. I will explain more on that in the next couple of pictures.
Here are a few of Victoria's tin boiler sheets which have been taken off, there are 2 on each side of her boiler, and 1 that goes over the top of the back of the boiler.
Kev's turn, and as we see under Victoria's green tin sheets there are lengths of wood, called lagging, this is to keep the heat in and around her boiler so the water inside the boiler heats up quicker and stays hot for longer.
Here you can see Lloyd is putting on Victoria's new wooden lagging. She is starting to look very smart.