PHOTOS 2014
- 01-04-2014 Pictures through 01-11-2014; Winter Society party, Safety Training and work steams full-speed ahead for 2014.
- 01-18-2014 More Stay-bolt sleeve repairs (Will it ever end?), Driver Rod cover fabrication, scheming and planning for the future . . .
- 01-25-2014 Wise cats cheat death, Welch's Boiler to the rescue on stay-bolt sleeve repairs.
- 02-01-2014 Visit to the Land Commission in Santa Fe, continuing to eat that elephant one stay-bolt at a time.
- 02-08-2014 Snow, Rain or Shine - Pacific Fast Mail will be on-time . . .
- 02-15-2014 Walschaerts gear new bearing re-installs, Stay-bolt repair rages on, School kids visit.
- 02-22-2014 Crosshead machine work at GCRY and Cab-pull.
- 03-01-2014 Short day due to rain, monthly BoD meeting.
- 03-08-2014 Main Driver Brake Shoe and Radial Buffer work.
- 03-15-2014 Finishing-up the Radial Buffer fab, stay-bolt and superheater tube work.
- 03-22-2014 Stay-bolt and stay-bolt cap work continues, superheater tube work ramping up.
- 03-29-2014 Superheater tube work now underway.
- 04-06-2014 Superheater tube work and Cab electrical work, monthly BOD meeting-of-the-minds.
- 04-13-2014 Superheater swaging done, but superheater welding continues. Anthony's Graduation!
- 04-20-2014 Weather was not kind, but work pressed on.
- 04-27-2014 Lots of shaking and a movin' going on . . .
- 05-04-2014 Tearin' up the tracks . . .
- 05-11-2014 Siding construction over the hump, National Train Day at Alvarado Transportation Center, ABQ.
- 05-18-2014 Laying new ties & track for 2926's siding.
- 05-25-2014 Laying new ties & track for 2926's siding (continued).
- 06-01-2014 All but done with the new siding.
- 06-07-2014 Beginning to use our new siding and ramping-up work on the locomotive again.
- 06-14-2014 Superheater fabrication continues, fun at the WHEELS Museum Fundraiser.
- 06-21-2014 Raising the pit and tweaking the level of the siding, more superheater fab.
- 06-28-2014 Big day for track!
- 07-05-2014 The finished Crossheads are back & clean-up in Isle 9!
- 07-12-2014 Our monthly meeting and more work on fabricating the main cylinder hone tool.
- 07-19-2014 Siding finally done less finishing touches re-cementing the work area, FULL STEAM AHEAD again with the restoration.
- 07-26-2014 Hot day to work, foam meter sensors pulled and clean-up started on those.
- 08-02-2014 Tramming - aligning crosshead slides with the main piston bore.
- 08-09-2014 More Tramming and staybolt work.
- 08-16-2014 Cab re-install for Open House 2014, tramming & building more superheater pairs.
- 08-23-2014 Finishing up the grade crossing at the front gate, superheater tube fabrication continues.
- 08-30-2014 Engineer's side crosshead back from the machine shop and back on the engine.
- 09-06-2014 Crossheads and main-rods going on!
- 09-13-2014 Trammin', Monthly meeting and clean-up for Open House.
- 09-20-2014 Getting ready for Open House 2014.
- 09-27-2014 Open House 2014 (Dr. Mike POV).
- 10-04-2014 After months of design and fab, the hone works like a champ and the cylinders are done . . . kind of anti-climatic!
- 10-11-2014 Walschaerts timing gear assembly starts with the famous Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta going on overhead!
- 10-18-2014 More Walschaerts timing gear work.
- 10-25-2014 And more Walschaerts work along with more superheater work - and of course those blasted stay-bolt caps (will that ever end?)
- 11-01-2014 More & more Walschaerts work, superheater work and stay-bolt cap work. But it looks more complete every week!
- 11-08-2014 Monthly General Meeting, all kinds of work on various things like the firebox door, lube pumps, brakes and more . . .
- 11-15-2014 Fox Ch. 2 promo for Polar Express, otherwise just another day on the rail road.
- 11-22-2014 Main Steam Fountain valve clean-up, cab off for more stay-bolt work.
- 11-29-2014 A little work Thanksgiving week.
- 12-06-2014 New spare dynamo, new sidewalk, copper gaskets going in under staybolt caps.
- 12-13-2014 Installing staybolt copper gaskets, more superheater tube and brake pin work.
- 12-20-2014 Cold rainy day, but work mushes on.
- 12-27-2014 Last workday of 2014.