3-10-17: So, it was a productive weekend, but not very exciting. We organized our storage area to open up some space and scrapped out some super heaters. We saved the forged ball ends and the forged return bends of the original super heaters (probably from 1938). If you want a ball end or return bend […]
Board of Directors member Jim Vanderbeck is often on hand during work parties to help out. Here he is doing some cutting in the combustion chamber. This cutting is a step in the removal of flue tubes. Thanks, Jim!
2/24/17: “So, Saturday, we pressed on with ultra-sounding. Not very exciting…not very dramatic…tedious, actually. But Randy W. and Kyle C. keep plodding along. At the same time, Devin R. helped out exposing some pipe for inspection and cleaning around. On Monday, the tube crew continued on removing those flues and tubes that have to come […]
The guys have been hard at work this week – cutting and remove Flue Tubes.
2/18/17: Steve R. prepping the engine for more ultrasounding. This is to remove any rust or debris so that ultra-sounding can be performed on the bare metal. Photo by Randy Woehl
Kyle Chappell and Randy Woehl taking aim with the sledge in the combustion chamber to drive the flues out after the tubes were cut.
February 9, 2017: “So, last Saturday no work occurred on the engine, because a light show hosted by the ORHC was still in progress and we could not get to the engine without disturbing it. However, Matt B and several others did have a “Last Monday” during which they made further progress removing tubes and […]
The hardworking volunteers are still in the process of removing the flue tubes from the boiler. It isn’t easy work and our appreciation goes out to each and every one of them. Also, to those of YOU who help make this possible through your support of the SP&S 700 engine. We couldn’t do it without […]
The guys were working hard on Monday and started removing flue tubes. This involved some torch work and sledge hammering inside the combustion chamber of the fire box. Per Matt B (shown in this photo) – “This work is proving difficult – more so than expected – because of obstructions in the smokebox and accumulation […]
January 29, 2017: “So yesterday, we got back to work and got some more ultra sounding done. It’s slow going, because we started on the back head which is complicated to test because of all the plumbing and controls that have to be worked around. But, we are getting her done. Matt is also planning […]