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 […]

October 31, 2016 As with the past several months we have been piping up the individual components for the 26L air brake system. Many of these have been piped loosely so they could be rerouted if necessary. Our workers are now permanently tightening all those connections. The rod bearings were re-lubricated this week to ensure […]

October 26, 2016 Much of the same work is still on-going as of last week. More boiler leaks were repaired, tested and others located. Original jacket materials are being inspected to see which ones can be repaired and those that must be replaced. Work has begun on the throttle valve system as tools are being […]

October 17, 2016 It has been a while since I’ve submitted a work progress report. Both Gail and I have had medical issues and surgery over the last month. I had assumed (guess that’s a bad assumption on my part) someone else would keep everyone informed, but it didn’t happen. I’ll do my best while […]

September 21, 2016 Work progresses on the 26L air brake as our expert crew continues connecting all the components per the diagrams. Our superheater piping crew had to repair an old Santa Fe Shop weld which didn’t pass the hydro pressure test. Once the weld was removed it was quite evident why it leaked. The […]

September 14, 2016 Preparations have begun for the Annual 2926 Open House on the 24th of this month. Various areas on the firebox where staybolt sleeves were replaced received a fresh coat of paint. The lubrication crew has successfully pumped fresh lubricant to all of the lubrication lines. Several air leaks were located in various […]