Shop Update 7/25/10
Sunday, July 25th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments OffYesterday, we did a test hydro on the 1630. We quickly discovered there are a lot of items on the locomotive that need to be tightened and lapped on the locomotive. This test took up the entire day. In addition, ...
Shop Update 7/21/10
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010 Posted in News | Comments OffBob and Jim worked in the shop today putting the plugs into the 1630's boiler so it can be given a hydro test. It took four hours to put 20 plugs back into the boiler. Part of the reason was ...
Shop Update 7/18/10
Sunday, July 18th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments OffSaturday the missing brake shoes were put in place on the driving wheels of the 1630. We also removed the caps for the fire box arch tubes and cleaned the threads. We did the same to the fittings on the locomotive. The major event ...
Shop Update 7/10/10
Saturday, July 10th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments OffToday, everyone in the shop concentrated on one thing. Since so many Steam Team members were involved in the work, I apologize for not naming everyone. The one goal we had today was getting the rear driving wheels back on the 1630. ...