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All of 6167's gauges have been heavily vandalized over the years. I had hoped to use what's left of the original gauges and cannabalize other gauges to make complete gauges but everything is to far gone, which means she will need new gauges outright. If you have any identical (or reasonably similar) gauges you don't want, please let me know. Below is a report detailing her gauges. Fireman's Side
 Boiler Pressure: This is an aluminum faced gauge made by McAvity with a range from 0-400 PSI. Note in the top photo that it had an alternate style of needle.
 Signal Line / Steam Heat: This is another McAvity Gauge. Its range is 0-250 PSI.
 Stoker Gauges: There are two stoker gauges, both made by Morrison. They had black faces with red and white needles. Their range was 0-300 PSI and both gauges had "The Standard Stoker Co. Incorperated" written above the needles. The first gauge measured the pressure going to the Stoker Engine and the Fine Coal Jet (Eng. Pressure / Fine Coal) while the second gauge measured the pressure going to the other jets (Left Front / Right Front).
 Water Pump Sight Glass: This sight glass was used to make sure that the water pump was actually pumping water. As long as you saw water moving in the glass,, you knew the pump was working. When built, an actual pressure gauge was used for this purpose. The needle would jump back and forth with each stroke of the pistons, but this was found to be quite hard on the gauge, so they were replaced with the sight glass. As you can see in the photo, the body is heavily corroded and the glass is gone.
 Engineer's Side Back Pressure: This is a standard Morrison pressure gauge, with a range of 0-30 PSI.
 Brake Cylinder / Brake Pipe: This gauge was made by ashcroft for the Canadian Westinghouse Co. (Notice how the face says Hamilton, Canada as opposed to Wilmerding, PA, USA). For some reason, the dial has been modified to indicate the pressure in the Air Signal line instead of the Brake Pipe, which makes no sense at all, unless of course the gauge was actually connected to the Signal Line, which I can't understand, as there is already a Signal Line Gauge on the other side of the cab, which I will have to look into. This gauge had the "Old-Time" Needles (before they were broken off).
 Main Reservior / Equalizing Reservior: This was another McAvity Gauge, with a range of 0-200 PSI. The gauge has been completly destroyed, however I do have a photo of it while it was still there. McAvity produced several versions of this face. On 6167, the numerals around the face of the dial were similiar in style to the boiler pressure gauge (compare against the style on the steam heat gauge). It was also very similar to its US equivilant (see below) except that it would have had McAvity's "World" logo on top, and the McAvity name on the bottom. This gauge also had the "old-time" needles.
Water Column: The water column is very badly corroded and the handle for the bottom valve is gone. The water glass has a lamp behind it. If the glass broke, it could be isolated, and the water level could be monitered using the three try-cocks until the class could be repaired. In some cases, there would have been a spare glass in the cab.
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