PHOTOS 2013
- 01-05-2013 Exterior boiler work full speed ahead.
- 01-12-2013 Wailing away on misc. exterior boiler plumbing.
- 01-19-2013 Pressing on with exterior boiler plumbing and stay-bolt cap work in frigid weather.
- 01-26-2013 Cold, rainy week . . . work called off.
- 02-02-2013 Whole lotta work going on . . .
- 02-09-2013 Lots of action in the good weather 2/6.
- 02-16-2013 More cats, more stay-bolt caps and some more mashed phalanges.
- 02-23-2013 Stay-bolts, cab wood work, and root-valve work.
- 02-23-2013 Tour of the ABQ Rail Yards (Old Santa Fe Locomotive Maintenance Facility) with Dr. Frank G.
- 02-23-2013 Ron T.'s Rail Yard Cathedral panorama.
- 03-02-2013 More Stay-bolts, cab wood work, root-valve work and driver-alignment-wedge tool fab.
- 03-09-2013 Grand Canyon RR to the rescue, Side rods going back on!
- 03-16-2013 More Side rods going back on!
- 03-23-2013 Side rod Bonanza despite hi-winds!
- 03-30-2013 Side Rods on, workin' on the big brakes (and ugh, still more stay-bolt caps).
- 04-06-2013 Poco Quatros visit . . . and more stay-bolt cap work . . . will it ever end?
- 04-13-2013 Fireman's Ed. at GCRY, while a little boiler prep here & there back at the WHQs.
- 04-20-2013 A busy week for NMSL&RHS, capped by the WHEELS Museum fundraiser Gala.
- 04-27-2013 PM on Tender brakes for Nat'l Train Day, fire-box burner removal, main brake cyl. work rages on.
- 05-04-2013 Finishing up brake work on Tender, burner clean-up, more fab on steam exhaust.
- 05-10-2013a Tender wash for Nat'l Train Day.
- 05-10-2013b Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham visits.
- 05-11-2013 National Train Day at Alvarado Transportation Center.
- 05-18-2013 Clearing trees & brush, Main Brake Cylinder and Firebox-Burner work.
- 05-25-2013 Getting closer to finishing the Big Brakes on the Locomotive.
- 06-01-2013 Driver Eccentric Cranks and new Steam Exhaust installed.
- 06-08-2013 Eccentric Crank, Air Tank, and (of course) more stay-bolt cap work.
- 06-08-2013b Grand Canyon Railway work on the crossheads, and brake and meeting work back at the World Headquarters.
- 06-15-2013 Cab and Air Tank work, heading out to Pueblo CO to visit 2912.
- 06-22-2013 Back from Pueblo & getting to work cloning some of 2912s parts, as well as various boiler exterior plumbing work.
- 06-29-2013 Hot, short day - started slack adjuster fabrication and painted parts.
- 07-06-2013 Painting, plumbing, fabricating new cab brackets.
- 07-13-2013 Cats, Cab paint, Cap tapping.
- 07-20-2013 Painting, Cab bracket and Slack-Adjuster fabrication, cold-water feed pipe installation.
- 07-27-2013 More Cab bracket and Steam exhaust work.
- 08-03-2013 More Cab bracket fabrication and exterior boiler plumbing installation.
- 08-10-2013 Monthly General meeting, Brake Slack-Adjuster inspection and installation.
- 08-17-2013 Mike rebuilds the Steam Pump & tests it (Cool!), more Stay-bolt Hades and painting.
- 08-24-2013 Cab Bracket and Trailing-Truck Brake Slack-Adjuster Fab, Dynamo is back and fired-up!
- 08-31-2013 Yee-ha! Painting it black!
- 09-07-2013 Cab lift - gettin' ready for Open house 2013.
- 09-14-2013 Albert's Fairmont Speeder distracts the Testosterone gang.
- 09-21-2013 A small army of welders arrive plus getting ready for Open House 2013.
- 09-28-2013 Open House 2013 - Photos by Dr. Mike and Jim Van D.
- 09-28-2013b Open House 2013 - Photos by Warren J.
- 10-05-2013 Back to work after the Open House.
- 10-12-2013 Boiler wash-out fun.
- 10-19-2013 More Stay-bolt cap work - will it ever end?
- 10-26-2013 Work on exterior boiler plumbing and stay-bolt sleeves plods on.
- 11-02-2013 Annual Confined Space and Vertical Rescue Training.
- 11-09-2013 School Group visit, the big push on welding stay-bolt sleeves continues.
- 11-13-2013 Special Photo Album - Nikon visits with 15 professional photographers and a quad-copter!
- 11-16-2013 New Cab seats arrive! Stay-bolt, boiler plumbing, radial buffer fab and brake work continues.
- 11-23-2013 Slow work week - we were wintered out for Saturday the 23rd.
- 11-30-2013 Back to work Saturday after the Wednesday off before Thanksgiving.
- 12-07-2013 Hard work continues despite cold weather.
- 12-14-2013 Slightly warmer weather, full steam ahead.
- 12-21-2013 Snubber and yes, more stay-bolt sleeve work.
- 12-28-2013 Last work session of 2013 ends with continuing snubber and stay-bolt sleeve work.