Shop Update 8/28/10
Saturday, August 28th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments OffToday the members of the steam shop accomplish a number of things. The brakes on the 1630 were tested and passed without incident. Sand also was put into the sanddome of the locomotive. The frame of the screen that goes ...
Shop Update 8/22/10
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 Posted in News | Comments OffOn Wednesday, Matt, Bob, and Tom were in the shop tightening valves and calking rivets on the 1630. They also looked at the air brakes. It was believed there may be a problem with the brakes, but after testing the brakes, ...
Shop Update 8/14/10
Sunday, August 15th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments OffSaturday a few things were accomplished in the steam shop. Work was done to permanently install the new compressor in the boxcar by the steam lead. Due to unexpected problems, the compressor is still not in its permanent place. A third hydro test was ...
Shop Update 8/7/10
Sunday, August 8th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments OffYesterday, a second hyro was done on the 1630. Those doing the test discovered various leaks. Valves were lapped and tightened while others still need to be lapped. The plan is to do a third hydro in the next two weeks. The ...
Shop Update 8/1/10
Sunday, August 1st, 2010 Posted in News | Comments OffYesterday, a great deal of work went on related to getting the 1630 operational. Valves were lapped in preparation of a second hydro. In addition, the draw bar was put back on the locomotive. Afterwards the hoses that carry water from ...
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. ...
Shop Update 6/26/10
Sunday, June 27th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments OffSaturday, the big event was moving the Shay from the Steam Shop into Barn 9. This was done because the Shay has no front coupler and must be out of the way when the 1630 is moved. The coupler was removed as ...