Shop Update: 8/29/09 428 Steam Test
Saturday, August 29th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments OffToday the department reached a milestone in the restoration of Union Pacific 428. A fire was lit and the boiler was steam tested to approximately 200 PSI. This was the first fire in the locomotive since it was taken out ...
Shop Update 8/15/09
Saturday, August 15th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments OffCopied from the IRM Yahoo list with additions: "Work continued on the 428. Nigel, Mark, Ed, Jeff, and Jim fitted water lines onto the locomotive. A gasket was made for the engineer's injector pipe. Another pipe on the fireman's side was separated and ...
Shop update 8/02/09
Monday, August 3rd, 2009 Posted in News | Comments OffCoppied from the IRM Yahoo Group with added content at end: Yesterday, Stu, Bob, Bill continued work on the thrust plates for the 1630 bearing boxes. The decision was made not to use babbitt and screw the plates directly against the boxes. This ...