PHOTOS 2018
- 01-06-2018 The new year starts.
- 01-13-2018 Sheeting the backhead and more misc. plumbing.
- 01-20-2018 A tad cold this week.
- 01-27-2018 Drawbar testing and backhead sheet metal fabrication.
- 02-03-2018 The week that began with the Super Blue Blood Moon . . .
- 02-04-2018 Special mini-album featuring our tool car.
- 02-10-2018 We had some wind on Saturday but worked anyway.
- 02-17-2018 Happy Valentine's Day !
- 02-24-2018 Wednesday and Saturday were cold work days, but the crew soldiered on.
- 03-03-2018 Got some good things going on this week.
- 03-10-2018 Monthly meeting, new member training and sheet metal work.
- 03-17-2018 St. Pat's day work session.
- 03-24-2018 A great week: good weather, a $5,000 grant and the first successful pour of bronze.
- 03-31-2018 Last Day of March work session
- 04-07-2018 Big doin's at the site this week . . . both drawbars in first time in 15+ years !
- 04-14-2018 Cats, castings, sheet metal work and filling the boiler with water for a special test.
- 04-21-2018 A short crew works Monday on fixing some leaks discovered a few days earlier.
- 04-28-2018 Back to work on the railroad !
- 05-05-2018 Weather is getting warmer . . .
- 05-12-2018 The pit is perfectly clean . . . finally !
- 05-19-2018 What were we doing a year ago? 5 years ago? 10 years ago ?
- 05-26-2018 Working hard in preparation for the static steam up . . .
- 06-02-2018 Working hard and then a derailment !
- 06-09-2018 Working hard clearing a path for the D9 dozers to re-rail the locomotive.
- 06-16-2018 2926 re-railed and the beat goes on . . .
- 06-18-2018 Special Photo Album - Hulcher Services saves the day !
- 06-23-2018 Slowly getting back to normal.
- 06-30-2018 Incredibly hot weather, but the crew presses on . . .
- 07-07-2018 A little clean up work and a few visitors on the 4th.
- 07-14-2018 Still hot in ABQ, but we got a few jobs done.
- 07-21-2018 Too darn hot - 100 degrees in the shade. But Gandy Dancer worked Thu. & Fri.
- 07-28-2018 Lots of hot welding in the pit as the new H-beam was centered and welded into place.
- 08-04-2018 Welding rail supports and installing a new store.
- 08-11-2018 Finally the pit rail is fixed and drawbars are back in!
- 08-18-2018 Working on the new store and preparing for firing the Locomotive.
- 08-25-2018 The week we fired 2926 for the first time in over 65 years !
- 09-01-2018 On to Open House preparations, then expecting more steam-up testing in the following weeks.
- 09-08-2018 OK, so it was hotter than the Weatherman Steve Stucker said it would be . . .
- 09-15-2018 Still hot in September as we work toward the 29SEP18 Open House . . .
- 09-22-2018 Prep for the Open House has started . . .
- 09-29-2018 The 2018 Annual Open House.
- 10-06-2018 Clean-up after the Open House . . . Balloon Fiesta is on now while we get back to work.
- 10-13-2018 A lot of visits to the 2926 during the balloon fiesta . . .
- 10-20-2018 Typical fall work weather . . . cold and windy one day, sunny and calm the next.
- 10-27-2018 Wed. was for ducks. A small crew worked in the barn. Saturday was much nicer.
- 11-03-2018 Working-off more pesky leaks and the beat goes on . . .
- 11-10-2018 Somehow it never gets old watching the wheels turn . . .
- 11-17-2018 Good morning sunshine !
- 11-24-2018 The week that was Thanksgiving.
- 12-01-2018 Working through the Holidays . . .
- 12-08-2018 New boiler sight glasses and flag brackets.
- 12-15-2018 Radial buffer re-work.
- 12-22-2018 Re-installing the radial buffer & re-coupling the tender.
- 12-29-2018 Last work sesssion of the year - a cold day.