Mark Reineke, a member of about three years, wanted to contribute in a meaningful way to help our project. He saw in our Newsletter that we were doing work at the turntable and that we needed to remove the remaining dirt out of the pit. So Mark, owner of Reineke Construction, a company that performs […]

The Stagecoach Foundation is a non-profit organization based out of Santa Fe, New Mexico that provides film, TV, and video-industry experience through training and workforce development. They recently finished their “Steam. Stock. Sizzle.” reel that highlights footage of the locomotive steamed up! (Scroll to the bottom of the page to check out the video.) NMSL&RHS […]

Our 1-mile round trip fundraising excursion to Tractor Brewing Co. at Wells Park was a momentous, exciting, and successful event! We estimate that thousands came to see us move down the rails and to learn more about our organization and the locomotive. You can find local news coverage of the event on KOB Channel 4, […]

We’ll be having our second Annual Safety Refresher session on Saturday, July 23, starting at 9 a.m. in the reefer conference area. The session will last approximately 1 hour.

There will be a New Member Orientation on Saturday, July 30, 2022 beginning at 09:00 in the reefer conference area at the locomotive restoration site located at 1833,  8th street in the reefer conference area. This orientation will last most of Saturday so be prepared to spend all day on site. (we will have a lunch […]

January 27, 2022 I haven’t sent out a TW3 for a while mostly because we have been doing, for the most part, the same jobs every session. That being said it has been insulation, jacketing and electrical systems, and tool car work. Much attention has been focused on the Positive Train Control (PTC) system. Since […]

August 02, 2021 By now I suppose everyone is aware of our steam-up and the roll of 2926 on 7/24-25/2021. The 2926 rolled proudly up and down our short spur track to the delight of all those able to attend. We could have done this several months ago, but I made it known I wouldn’t […]

June 12, 2021 Welcome everyone to the first General Membership meeting in more than 15 months. For those of you who haven’t been here we have been doing small projects; electrical installations, tool car jobs including 480 pass-through brackets, interior painting, generator installation equipment and also fabricating new doors. Our AMTRAK inspector was here last […]

December 21, 2020 Hello all, This will most likely be my last TW3 for this on again off again 2020 year. Our state mandates have played havoc with our restoration. Nevertheless, we have complied as necessary and persevered where we were able. Much of the 2926 work prior to May, when the tool car arrived, […]

November 10, 2020 Hello everyone, It’s been awhile since I wrote a progress report since most of the work has been the same for quite some time. Many hours have been spent on the interior of the tool car wire brushing all the sides ends and ceiling in preparation for the painting. We hired an […]