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Sunday, August 2. 2009

Steam Shop Visit August 1, 2009 Posted by Robert Kutella in Steam Department at 05:35

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Steam Shop Visit August 1, 2009

We spent the day dodging rain showers and took the opportunity to visit the steam shop.

428

The UP 428 consolidation and its tender have been moved to the north end of the shop and can now peek out the door. We learned that work is starting on the boiler jacket insulation of this engine. We discussed jigs and fixtures for cutting the slabs of insulation and offered the use of a large saw in the woodshop.

Wheel Lathe Area

Rick Marzec is showing Victor Humphreys the new overhead crane by the massive wheel lathe. It looks good! But of course funds are greatly needed to complete the installation and electrical service, so send your donations in, please

Shay

Work continues on the tube sheet repairs on the front end of the shay. You will see the bottom of the old tube sheet has been cut out. The rolled new piece was being machined and drilled yesterday and is close to being ready to put in place.

1630

Here Stu Brush and Bill Chyna are machining a bearing thrust plate for the Frisco 1630 2-10-0. One piece at a time, this engine is getting closer.

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Mark Secco about Diesel Shop update 1/29/2017
Fri, 08-18-2017 00:52
Hi John T, We would love to have a copy of your Ohio crane information. Please contact Mark Secco concerning anything about rail bound cranes. Thank [...]

Jamie K about ATSF 543 gets unloaded
Fri, 08-11-2017 00:05
Randy, The 543 was never in that paint scheme. It'll likely be restored to the zebra stripe scheme whenever it does get restored. Jamie

Randy about ATSF 543 gets unloaded
Thu, 08-10-2017 17:46
If you ever get the money to repaint this engine, I would hope you would repaint it to have the big letters Santa Fe instead of the small print. [...]

Daniel R. Darnall about SPC Equipment Worked on in the Last 4 Months
Thu, 08-10-2017 10:38
I would like to know if these MR #649 and #542 were part of FEVR excursion in Nebraska? Awesome to have them to be part of IRM collection!

Logan about SPC Equipment Worked on in the Last 4 Months
Sat, 08-05-2017 23:30
They need to restore Milwaukee road 33 and 37c along with the 3 Milwaukee road f units hey have

David S about Santa Fe 92, The History and The Plan
Wed, 08-02-2017 20:01
It was supposed to be restored and sat behind the NS Altoona shops for the better part of two years, waiting for that to happen. We finally had it [...]

Raphael about SPC Equipment Worked on in the Last 4 Months
Tue, 08-01-2017 02:42
those 2 Milw cars would actually look good behind one of the Milw F7's or the E9's.

M.J. Rodriguez about Diesel Shop update week ending 4/9/2017
Sat, 07-29-2017 22:02
I just donated to the Save the 800 campaign. Should the campaign fail, I would like my donation re-directed to ATSF FP45 #92 please. Please tell the [...]

Matt Maloy about Santa Fe 92, The History and The Plan
Sat, 07-29-2017 13:14
I see Conrail 4601 has finally arrived. I suspect a cosmetic restoration and getting donations to put it in a barn are in order?

Raphael about Santa Fe 92, The History and The Plan
Sat, 07-29-2017 01:51
It was restored at Altoona before coming to Union from the Essex, CT area. BTW, is or was it going to be restored as a Virginian engine? or kept as a [...]

MRZ about Santa Fe 92, The History and The Plan
Fri, 07-28-2017 11:54
It appears to be the E33 that IRM aqquired a year or two ago.

Bob Stekl about Santa Fe 92, The History and The Plan
Thu, 07-27-2017 14:06
What is the 4601 locomotive parked in front of the diesel shop?