PHOTOS 2017
- 01-07-2017 The new year starts.
- 01-14-2017 Speedometer, sheet-metal and 26L brake work.
- 01-21-2017 Frigid weather slows work plus time-out for GCOR Safety Training.
- 01-28-2017 Cats, brakes, sheet metal and superheater work - the usual fare lately.
- 02-04-2017 New boiler insulation arrives, throttle valves assembled & exercised.
- 02-11-2017 Sheetmetal fitting, cab control valve and continuing 26L brake system work.
- 02-18-2017 End of the hydrostatic testing for superheater bundles !
- 02-25-2017 Make-up GCOR Training, throttle valve stud repair & more sheet metal fitting.
- 03-04-2017 Sheetmetal fitting, ACE Leadership Academy visit, smoke-stack work, misc. pipe fitting.
- 03-11-2017 More sheetmetal fitting, cab and MU (Multiple Unit) electrical work.
- 03-18-2017 More sheetmetal fitting (will it ever end?) & Lurch gets new tires.
- 03-25-2017 Filling the boiler and working-off those pesky little leaks.
- 04-01-2017 A good rain cut short work on Saturday.
- 04-08-2017 Filling the boiler and working-off more pesky little leaks. Other work continues in parallel.
- 04-15-2017 Fix'in a few more pesky leaks, 26L brake and MU cabling work, showing around lots of visitors.
- 04-22-2017 HPS jig fabrication, more 26L brake, MU cabling and pesky leak work. Will it ever end?
- 04-29-2017 HPS jig finish work, ATS shoe installation, more sheet metal work.
- 05-06-2017 Boiler pressure testing.
- 05-13-2017 Carlos retires (at least for now), sheet-metal boiler skinning continues.
- 05-20-2017 Polishing-off more minor leaks, sheet-metal boiler skinning & MU set-up continues.
- 05-27-2017 The devil is in the details . . . work here and there on the dynamos, plumbing, sheet metal, studs, etc.
- 06-03-2017 Cats motivate us while work starts on a new paint job and continues on electrical, plumbing, sheet metal fab and minor leak fixes.
- 06-10-2017 The 26L brake system is working and adjustments to the brake linkages are being set and tested.
- 06-17-2017 The tender is black again and we got a feature article in TRAINS magazine "Big Steam is Back Extra 2017" !
- 06-24-2017 Working on lots of plumbing and painting in the harsh heat.
- 07-01-2017 Work on lots of plumbing, brackets and painting continues in the harsh heat.
- 07-08-2017 Medium size crews this week with BIG size jobs getting done.
- 07-11-2017 Special Edition Hydro Test Photo Album: 2926 passes the official FRA hydro-static boiler pressure test !
- 07-15-2017 Post hydro-static test clean up and the first superheater bundles installed.
- 07-22-2017 A good week now that the bug-a-boo hydro-static test is done.
- 07-29-2017 Final installation of the Superheater bundles well underway.
- 08-05-2017 Going full-bore on superheater bundles and starting firebrick.
- 08-12-2017 Big stuff going on at both ends: firebrick laying Tues-Sat, superheater loading Wed & Sat.
- 08-19-2017 Blast pipe removed for clean up, easier access for superheater install - last 8 Superheater bundles are IN !
- 08-26-2017 Cats on Catnip, Superheater work finished, blast pipe work and smoke stack install for the show.
- 09-02-2017 More blast pipe work and other details.
- 09-09-2017 Stack up!
- 09-16-2017 Preparations for Open House 2017.
- 09-23-2017 Open House 2017 !
- 09-30-2017 The belated New Mexico monsoon season - at least it did not hit the Open House !
- 10-07-2017 The Form 4 being signed !
- 10-14-2017 Balloon Fiesta week while work continues.
- 10-21-2017 The long beards of Sindarin Erebor.
- 10-28-2017 The long beards finishing up the brass furnace, safety valves going in, other details.
- 11-04-2017 The long beards pouring brass, working on MU (Multiple Unit) modernization wiring.
- 11-11-2017 The journey continues . . . the steam dome to turret steam lines are finished.
- 11-18-2017 The long beards of Sindarin Erebor continue their work.
- 11-25-2017 Small crews did big work this week.
- 12-02-2017 Working through the Holidays.
- 12-09-2017 Christmas Festivities: Sweet Adelines perform for the Pinon Express.
- 12-16-2017 Another busy week for everybody.
- 12-23-2017 Christmas dinner at the train site.
- 12-30-2017 Some good work marked the last day of the work year.