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Message: [QUOTE="Bill West, post: 457476, member: 136520"] Hi Cian. Your close up [URL='http://rms-titanic.fr/otb/armement/machines/b_machines_h1943.jpg']Welch H1943[/URL] indeed confirms the catwalk crossing the crankshaft between the LPF and HP cylinders on Britannic. [URL='http://rms-titanic.fr/otb/armement/machines/t_machines_h1710.jpg']Welch H1710[/URL] also clearly shows a catwalk crossing between the HP and IP cylinders on Titanic so I now agree with you there. For a catwalk crossing between the IP and LPA on Titanic, the view seems to reach between the leg footings all the way to the plate against the valve eccentric without showing anything but above the plate and above the first horizontal scaffold plank the railing and then the post can be seen. The walk looks narrow and perhaps with the railing only on one side, your plan would show better just how much width is available. So I agree that on all 3 ships there is a crossing between each set of cylinders. Bill [/QUOTE]