07/16/11
Master Insulator Pam at work on the 3rd coarse -
almost 3/4 of the way done with insulating.
Tom
wire brushing one of the better looking pieces of material in a futile
attempt to save some of the original material. In the end, we
decided that it is only good for a pattern. |
07/16/11
Henry welding in additional cab floor supports to
try to fix the "sagging cab floor" issue.
Number 999 of 1001 uses for a broom. Gerald cleaning rust off
a piece of the old jacket material. |
07/16/11
Jeff
looking though the old jacket material to see if any can be saved.
The sheet metal has done its job over the last 90 years but
is
severely corroded and needs to be replace.
CJ under the engine installing insulation. |
07/16/11
Alan driving the Pettibone with another piece
ready to go back on the #4. This time, it's the dynamo.
Gerald positioning the dynamo to install the mounting bolts. |
07/16/09
The
Mallet outside waiting for more parts in the early morning mist which
seemed more like another day of rain. This is July, correct?
Gerald, Tom and Jeff mounting the bell yoke back on the boiler. |
07/16/11
Jim doing a little painting on the sand dome.
Pam and Jeff place the sand dome back on the boiler in preparation for
insulation.
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07/09/11
Why
does it seem that Pam is always found under the locomotive?
Probably because it requires someone smaller and Charlie is
out of
town. As before, Jim is busy custom cutting the blocks for
Pam to
install. |
07/09/11
Alan
is busy installing wrapping around the lubricator lines. The
wrapping will keep the lines from abrading against the boiler shell. |
07/09/11
There
is always something else to work on. This time, it is the
sand
dome. The base is rebuilt and ready to go back on.
Gerold is expressing is delight at lagging a boiler on this bright,
sunny day. |
07/02/11
CJ working on the upper portion of coarse #2.
Nearly half done!
Les and Chris installing new air piping between the new air tanks. |
07/02/11
Pam insulating the belly of the beast.
Pam and Jim at work. |
06/25/18
Master carpenter Henry trying his cutting skills
on calcium silicate insulation instead of lumber. |
06/25/11
Dave and Gerald running wire around the boiler
which will hold the block insulation during
installation.
Pam setting block insulation near the top of the boiler. The
first coarse is almost done, 3 more to go. |
06/18/11
Henry making some "fine" adjustments in preparation for some piping
repair.
Gerald and Henry tightening up a leaky injector line pipe. |
06/17/11
We now have a reinstalled and properly working
coupler. |
06/17/11
Johnathon at work prepping bolts for
reinstallation of the rear coupler pocket. The pocket is not
original to this engine.
When Clover Valley installed it, they did a really poor job.
Johnathon tightening the pocket mounting bolts. |
06/12/11
Always look out for flying brick when brickwork
is in progress.
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06/11/11
Jeff
Waiting with the masonry saw, ready for the next brick to cut.
The keyhole firebox on the #4 required a lot of brick cutting
and
fitting.
Gerald setting the flash wall brick.
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06/04/11
Henry and Gerald working on piping in one of the
many tight spaces on the #4. |
06/04/11
Not
a lot of progress on the brickwork but it looks like everything is
ready to go - just need someone to fill those gloves and start working.
Dave discovers the reason for the lack of progress - Gerald has not had
enough coffee yet. |
06/04/11
Gerald
and Alan take a break from bricking. It was a rainy day
outside
but they missed the bad weather, spending 5 hours inside the confines
of
the firebox.
Mixing another bucket of firebrick mortar. |
05/14/11
A good steam test today on the Clover Valley
#4. We found a few things we need
to fix such as valves that need to be relapped,
some leaky flexible caps that did not leak under a hydro and
leaky piping but overall we were all smiles after the day.
Thank goodness this hurdle is over, on to finishing the locomotive to
put her back in service. |
05/14/11
Jeff's thumbs up says it all. |
04/16/11
Pam insulating the air compressor steam feed line.
Test fitting the new builders plates donated by George Lavacot. They
will look great once we permanently mount them.
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04/16/11
Jeff showing Gerald how to lap the throttle.
One scary group of volunteers! |
04/09/11
Errol taking it easy on a "comfortable" folding
chair while supervising. It is good to have him back , we
have missed him.
Jeff (who volunteers at the Orange Empire Railway Museum) spending a
few hours of his northern California visit. |
04/09/11
A bunch of help involved in mounting the air tank
on the engineer's side. Pam, Henry (on the lift), Scott and
Chris.
A group volunteer photo for April 9th. Henry, Jeff, Scott,
Chris, Alan and Pam behind the camera. |
04/09/11
Front end work with Scott and Jeff.
Pam painting the piping in the cab. |
04/09/11
Final picture of the newly repaired
smokebox, new petticoat and blower ring before the smokebox front is
installed.
Pam and Scott preparing the front end for the smokebox front to be
installed. |
04/09/11
Pam and Scott guide the front end into place.
Jeff watches while Chris and Scott muscle the front end. |
04/09/11
Henry
tightening his new air tank bracket built for the fireman's side air
tank. The new bracket is mounted off of a cab support rather
than
from the cab floor which cause it to sag.
Completed and painted front end. |
03/26/11
Charlie was caught dressing up the superheater
plate. |
03/26/11
Finally, the new blower ring and petticoat were
installed. |
03/26/11
While Alan was busy getting his hand stuck in the
#4's throttle, Henry fabricates a new air tank bracket. |
02/26/11
Charlie,
Gerald and CJ reinstalling the power reverse. Considering the
difficulty we had taking it off the #4, this was a welcome easy job and
the bolts almost slid into place.
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02/26/11
Number 4 basking in the February sun. |
02/26/11
Dave doing some final cleanup on the power
revers guides.
Scott, Gerald and Charlie rigging up the power reverse. |
02/26/11
A couple wees work by Henry, Jeff, Joe, Jim
and others resulted in a rebuilt petticoat and new adjusting brackets.
Jim and Henry mounting the petticoat in the smokebox.
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02/19/11
Our
blacksmith Joe Mann made new adjusting brackets for the petticoat.
The old ones were welded into the smokebox and adjustment was
impossible. |
02/12/11
There
is no better way to force work to be completed than locking Alan in the
firebox until he finishes the Form 4 Documentation. |
02/12/11
C.J. and Johnathon making a new air gauge
support.
Charlie changing the brake valve on our SP boxcar in preparation for
the March 13th Photographers Special. |
02/12/11
Scott cleans and paints the air pump bracket.
Charlie
and Jim finish painting the power reverse. In the
background, Henry and Jeff work on making new brackets for the
petticoat.
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02/05/11
Another project completed - the superheaters
all reinstalled and tightened. |
02/05/11
Gerald and Pam work on cleaning all the caked
grease and grime off the power reverse.
Chris and Les working on piping in the cab. |
01/29/11
We
removed the old air pump plumbing from th top of the smokebox and were
able to get the last row of superheater elements installed.
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01/29/11
The backhead shelf was painted and then
installed in addition to finishing the piping for the whistle.
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01/22/11
Jim, Pam and Henry working on the superheater
units.
Dave Loyola inside the smokebox installing additional sealer around the
branch pipe packing. |
01/22/11
Henry carefully applies a new superheater
clamp to the tube bundle to replace one of the old burned and rested
clamps.
A newly installed clamp ready for welding. |
01/22/11
Henry welds the clamp together.
Alan and Errol tightening up the first row of superheater units. |
01/15/11
Pam
lapping the superheater ball joints which fit into the header.
A
tight lapped metal to metal joint is necessary on all 36 joints to
prevent steam from leaking into the smokebox.
C.J., Scott and Charlie in the smokebox muscle a 15' superheater unit
into the smokebox. |
01/15/11
Jeff "The Inspector" is on site in the
smokebox to check Charlie's work.
Charlie Lapping the superheater header in preparation for superheater
installation. |
01/15/11
Henry and Jeff installing the flexible exhaust
joint from the low pressure cylinders to the nozzle in the smokebox.,
Pam, Jeff and Henry (hidden in the background) finishing the nozzle
installation.
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01/08/11
Henry
with the reassembled spring and snap ring positioned in the press.
Johnathon thinks he can provide help with that dinkey sledge
when
we are using a 50 ton press. Maybe he should get a bigger
hammer!!
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01/08/11
Gerald working rebuilding the injector for the
engineer's side of the locomotive.
The
cleaned underside of the nozzle. The spring pack fits against
the
inner flat surface and the exhaust pipe seals into the center hole that
leads to the nozzle. |
01/08/11
The spring pack after about 4 hours of Henry
cleaning the nozzle casting to get the pack out.
Pam making new gaskets. It sure would be easier if we could
just purchase them.
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01/08/11
Scott
Martel removing the brake cylinder lids in preparation for installing
new brake cups. Another one of the locations that are
difficult
to get to on compact locomotives.
Chris and Les working on the brake stand plumbing in the cab. |
01/08/11
Henry starts cleaning the interior of the
exhaust nozzle / flexible steam pipe joint.
Pam cleaning the exhaust pipe between the smokebox and front cylinders.
Not a great place to work at all. |
01/08/11
Henry starts cleaning the interior of the
exhaust nozzle / flexible steam pipe joint.
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