November 5, 2018 Due to the loss of a family member, Gail and I have been absent for the past several sessions. Thanks to Bob D. and the rest of the crew for continuing on while we were done. Work is ongoing on the root valve. Progress was made on the tender brake adjustments and […]

October 15, 2018 Work resumed this week on the buddy steam pipe enlargement. Most everything is done except for waiting on delivery of a 300# steam rated globe valve. All the supporting apparatus pieces were cut and welded for the rethreading of the male root valve threads. That process began Saturday at a very cautious […]

October 10, 2018 This past week volunteers recovered from the grueling previous week in preparation and entertaining 2000 visitors to the annual open house. Wednesday some time was spent reorganizing the site for another years work. Items which were temporarily stowed away were retrieved and placed where they belonged so restoration work could resume. Steam-up […]

October 4, 2018 Since my last report most of the crew was routinely transforming our work site into an exhibition area for Saturday’s open house. The final site clean up was completed along with pre-staging of tables, chairs and tarps for shade. The engine and tender received a good pressure washing and polish with the […]

September 24, 2018 Hello Steamers! Madame Secretary and I are back from our nearly two weeks of R&R. Thanks to all who continued on in our absence. This week, other than the usual work details, we began prepping the site for the Annual Open House this coming Saturday. Everyone in the near Albuquerque area continue […]

August 27, 2018 Besides finishing the pit rebuild, getting the speeder up and running, rejoining the locomotive and tender and outfitting the new souvenir store, we had a bit of an official first steam-up! Wednesday, on our regular work day, volunteers came in early to prepare for a live television steam-up with Channel 4’s Weatherman […]

August 15, 2018 The last of the welding was completed on the pit repair. The locomotive rolled over it and all was quiet again. After a bit of air brake testing she was rolled back over the pit in preparation of reconnecting the 2926 to her tender. They were reconnected along with the water and […]

August 7, 2018 We’ve had a couple of busy weeks. Our forge masters have been turning out brass replicas of the 2926 tender plates. They have sold up through #8 so far. If you want one you better get your slot nailed down. Contact us through the web site link at www.2926.us. They are $100 […]

July 25, 2018 Hello everyone. I wanted to bring everyone up to date with the on site activities. The pit repair is still a few weeks away from completion. We need to adjust the main 14′ H beam rail support so it will center over the vertical structural steel supports. The aftermath heat here has […]

June 23, 2018 Much has taken place since my last work report as I was waiting to provide some good news. The summer solstice has come and gone, the days will be getting shorter and lower temperatures. Yeah, right! Most of you are aware of the locomotive’s rear truck derailing as it passed over the […]