WOW have we been busy…..
Here is the power for that will be used for most of the year on the excursions as 663 will be out of service until the bad power pack can be located and changed out. In a week or two 664 and 514 will go out on a shakedown run with the x- blue comet combine. 664 will be used to check the MU system of the GP-9 as it has been rewired and as a rescue unit if any issues arise from it's rebuild. Otherwise, it will just be along for the ride. The CNJ combine has received a new wheelchair lift that will need to be tested at each station along the line, as each platform is at a different height and spacing from the railhead (some /most don't even have platforms). If this is done on the weekend I will ride along and provide some pics.
The walkway project is complete in 664's engine room , except for the decorative plates with the EMD/EMC logo on them. Those will be added when we receive them from the fabricator. The same welding contractor is now replacing the walkways on the 514, This should be finished in the next few days. The fireman's side is complete as seen here.
The section in this pic is of the short hoods walkway after the old plates were removed. They have since been replaced with new steel at the time of this post.
664 now has her rear truck remounted under her. We spent the better part of yesterday reconnecting all the airlines, traction motor cables, and sand lines. We replaced as much of the old hardware and equipment with new as we could. This truck now also has one new wheel, 2 rebuilt traction motors, one wheel that has been re-cut on a lathe, and one new set of brake shoes. Next week we will take her outside where we can run her up to operating temperature and test each cylinder with a heat gun as we have an injector that is not working right and sending fuel out the stack. This bad cylinder will show as running colder than the rest. It's an easy fix that sounds a lot worse then it is. Some work also needs to be done to the sand hatches along with a load test, and a bath.
On the steam side,,, the drivers for the B&M Pacific have been inspected, turned, re-quartered, and primed. Just after I took this pic they started to receive a coat of black paint.
The Baldwin 0-6-0 is also getting some side rod work done in preparation for the operating season.
Here is the power for that will be used for most of the year on the excursions as 663 will be out of service until the bad power pack can be located and changed out. In a week or two 664 and 514 will go out on a shakedown run with the x- blue comet combine. 664 will be used to check the MU system of the GP-9 as it has been rewired and as a rescue unit if any issues arise from it's rebuild. Otherwise, it will just be along for the ride. The CNJ combine has received a new wheelchair lift that will need to be tested at each station along the line, as each platform is at a different height and spacing from the railhead (some /most don't even have platforms). If this is done on the weekend I will ride along and provide some pics.
The walkway project is complete in 664's engine room , except for the decorative plates with the EMD/EMC logo on them. Those will be added when we receive them from the fabricator. The same welding contractor is now replacing the walkways on the 514, This should be finished in the next few days. The fireman's side is complete as seen here.
The section in this pic is of the short hoods walkway after the old plates were removed. They have since been replaced with new steel at the time of this post.
664 now has her rear truck remounted under her. We spent the better part of yesterday reconnecting all the airlines, traction motor cables, and sand lines. We replaced as much of the old hardware and equipment with new as we could. This truck now also has one new wheel, 2 rebuilt traction motors, one wheel that has been re-cut on a lathe, and one new set of brake shoes. Next week we will take her outside where we can run her up to operating temperature and test each cylinder with a heat gun as we have an injector that is not working right and sending fuel out the stack. This bad cylinder will show as running colder than the rest. It's an easy fix that sounds a lot worse then it is. Some work also needs to be done to the sand hatches along with a load test, and a bath.
On the steam side,,, the drivers for the B&M Pacific have been inspected, turned, re-quartered, and primed. Just after I took this pic they started to receive a coat of black paint.
The Baldwin 0-6-0 is also getting some side rod work done in preparation for the operating season.
My other car is a locomotive, ARHS restoration crew