February 7, 2017 Small bore piping for the bell ringer has been installed. The stack lifter piping is an ongoing project. The superheater bundle hydro project is close to being finished. A few more work sessions should complete that project. We received all the insulation needed for the locomotive last Wednesday. This material was purchased […]

February 2, 2017 Besides the normal work which has been ongoing for several months, the surge PAD welding was completed on the inside of the firebox. Very few spots remain on the outer firebox sheet. Those are being taken care of this coming week. Various pipe brackets are being fabricated to replace old ones that […]

January 25, 2017 This week began, what has come to be known at the 2926, a surge week. Like our pit project, siding reconstruction, and engine house, we’re doing overlay welding in various locations where UT measurements were shown to be marginal. Volunteers have been showing up six days a week to finish the work. […]

January 11, 2017 Since I last wrote, the winter solstice is behind us and the days are getting a bit longer which means warmer days. Right? Right! Anyway the volunteers are still layered up and working through the cold mornings and afternoons. Progress is being made in several areas. As with most weeks work continues […]

December 28, 2016 The work site this week was a mixed bag of work. Some directly to the 2926 while others continued replacing bogie cylinders on Lurch. Three are now done and the forth to be done next Saturday. Sheet metal work progressed on the fireman’s side steam chest cylinders. We expect the first course […]

December 21, 2016 Wednesday was a rollback day for rolling the engine back into the engine house, disconnecting the tender then pulling the engine back out to work on it. Some of the Christmas lights were removed from the engine which were installed for last week’s Pinon Express expo put on by the Albuquerque Trolley […]

December 12, 2016 Mother nature hasn’t been kind to us the past two weeks providing very cold temps for each of the two work sessions forcing both to be canceled. Workers have been working on mostly the same projects since the last report. We have been dealing with several repairs to the car mover aka […]

November 29, 2016 Well those hot working temperatures are in the rear view mirror now. Wednesday’s starting temperature is forecasted to be around 22 degrees so this Wednesday’s work session has been cancelled. Next Wednesday may even be worse according to one of our weathermen. After several sessions of frustrating work the sander valve has […]

November 22, 2016 I’m sure most of you have been wondering why you haven’t been receiving the weekly TW3 reports in your Inbox. Well, Mr. Bill Gates (MS) decided they needed to change their format on Outlook which disabled our distribution lists to some 400+ recipients. Madame Secretary, Gail, Mr. Webmaster, Rich and wife Linda […]

Novenber 8, 2016 Work progressed in all areas that were on-going last week. The big news of the week is that a water truck showed up with 4000 gallons of water which was immediately pumped into the boiler. About an hour and a half later it returned with another 4000 gallons of water. The boiler […]