May 23, 2016 Gail and I are back from some R & R at Lake Powell. Thanks go out to Bob D. for filling in for me during my absence. Also to our crew that continued work on the 2926 restoration. Gail thanks Frank G. and John G. for taking Minutes for the meetings we […]

May 15, 2016 The construction of the car barn moved right along this past week as the forms were removed and the backfill material was shoveled in, tamped and leveled. Starting on Monday the steel skeleton will arrive and assembly will start and run all of next week. All is on schedule. Work progressed on […]

May 11, 2016 Our CMO and Secretary are out on vacation so this will be a brief TW3. The steam fountain cover was dented out and a hasp installed. Then painted. More piping insulated and sealed. The new wood window frames were varnished prior to installation. Airlines running from the compressors were charged and leaks […]

May 2, 2016 A mixed bag of weather and projects highlighted this week. Work on the turret cover resumed with door hinge work and removing the existing somewhat flimsy hasp. A more substantial hasp was procured and will be welded on next week. The door chain restraints were, for the most part, rusted away. New […]

April 25, 2016 This week has been a busy one as small projects are being completed each work session. The lubrication crew has checked out and passed lube oil through all the lines using all the various pumps required. A few leaks were found and addressed. One of the air compressor lube oil pumps is […]

April 18, 2016 The locomotive is in the last stages of the major portions of the restoration. In the last several weeks we have been repairing washout plugs and their copper seals. Other volunteers have been making steady progress on the air brake system. Support brackets have been fabricated and installed along with their respective […]

April 4, 2016 Much of the work this past week is similar to the last. Our air brake crew is still fabricating brackets and either bolting or welding them in place. Air tank supports were fabricated this week. Volunteers began grinding the welded driver brake shoe backing supports. More are being restored this coming week. […]

March 28, 2016 The brake shoe forging company has sent us a sample brake shoe which this time fits our 80″ drivers. We are now pad welding the driver shoe backings as their wear is not consistent. When complete we will grind the backing to the proper circumference. Flexible staybolt plug tightening continues which has […]

March 15, 2016 Much time was spent preparing the east end of our site for the demo contractors scheduled for this Wednesday. Several extremely heavy pieces of old rail had to be moved mostly by hand, pry bars and pipe rollers. Several pieces of railroad ties were securely fastened to the track ties creating a […]

March 9, 2016 This week was much like last week, insulating pipes, fabricating and painting air brake component brackets, fabricating and installing lubrication and control lines. The large 8″ x 6″ x 6″ steam exhaust tee was reinstalled this week. Clean-up of the continuous blow-down device revealed some rusted and wasted through areas. Metal pieces […]