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.