Excessive scale
that was built up between the door sheet and the backhead caused
by improper boiler washing.
Broken staybolts
that were found on the backhead on the upper engineers side.
These were not leaking because of the scale built up on the
backhead.
An undocumented
boiler barrel patch which will need to be replaced.
A leaking rivet
joint near the barrel patch which will be corrected with the
replacement of the patch.
The buffer wedge
in the drill press being drilled.
All of the pieces
that will be welded together to build 12 spring stirrups.
Old swing link.
The new replacement swing
link with bushing that still need to be pressed in place.
One of the pivots for the
brake levers.
A pattern
for the new main rod brasses.
The pattern for the new cylinder head pattern.
Improper boiler work.
Front
tube sheet.
Locomotive
frame.
Lifting
frame.
Lifting cab.
Lifting
boiler.
Moving frame.
Moving
boiler.
Setting
boiler.
Work on the boiler has been progressing quite well.
Prep work for building up the old staybolts has been started.
All of the old welded staybolts holes will
need to be ground flush, drilled out and chamfered to be welded up and redrilled.
Prep and layout was started on the rear tubesheet. The old belly braces were
removed
for replacement. A die was started for bending the corners on the new back
head and throat sheet pieces. Samples of the excisting boiler
plates were removed
and
taken to the lab for testing. The samples came back with favorable results.
The
work on the running gear has continued at a slower pace them the boiler. The
valve links and link blocks were assembled and measured for
wear. New bushings for the links have been machined. All
of the
crosshead and guide parts have been cleaned for measuring
and inspecting. The rear cylinder heads, valve chest and
valve covers have been needle scaled and inspected for wear.
The new chinese lubricators and whistle were unpacked inspected
and put away.
The lead truck has had a new swing bolster fabircated
to replace the old cast iron one that has numorous old
fractures. A new bistle post and bistle post screw where
machined. Work was started straight the lead truck frame.
The yoke and pedistal were built up by welding. The holes
in
the spring equalizers were built up and redrilled. New
pins and bushings were machined and hardened.
Brake rigging
has had the remaining brake beams replaced with new ones.
Brake levers were finished machined. Brake cylinders where
disassembled,
needle scaled and painted.
The frame was needle scaled down
to bare metal. Brake lever pivots were mounted to the frame.
All of the holes were reamed and new bolts were machined
to fit. The holes on the buffer were drilled and reaming
was started.
