We took the fireman’s side blowdown valve off so we could take a peak inside the boiler walls. George O. had his camera and we attached it to a tape line and ran it inside the washout plugs to get a view inside the boiler. It feeds to his phone screen so we could view clearly. […]
Making a clean finish for ultrasounding. Kyle C and Mark S during yesterday’s workday. All the readings on both flue sheets came in good and within limits.
Kyle C and Randy W were doing ultrasound on the flue sheet inside the firebox last week. Randy took this photo of Kyle up in the combustion chamber as he was grinding spots for readings.
Matt and Jeff were recently mapping out the best way to remove and install the steam supply pipes under the jacketing. Steam engines have a lot of pipes and are complicated, but our mechanical are on top of it. Thank you, Matt and Jeff!
Jeff Honeyman heating a fitting inside the cab, as we work on replacing some of the plumbing. Photo by Bill Hamby
The SP&S 700 has a tubing size that makes it impossible to buy just one tube at a time. So, we purchased a “mill run.” That means we now have all the material needed to replace all the SMALLER tubes and still have a fair amount left over. We’ll be looking for ways to market […]
Jeff Honeyman removing a mounting bolt with the impact wrench. He is one of Board of Directors and spends a lot of hands on time working on the engine. Photo by: Bill Hamby
July 10, 2017: On Monday, Jeff, Kyle and Bill worked on loosening plumbing unions and mounting brackets that probably haven’t been loosened in many years, if ever at all.
July 12, 2017: Hello All. So, last Saturday maybe needs to be renamed Last Monday, because that seems to be when the work gets done. The past couple of Saturdays only me and George Orme have shown up. Well that’s not totally true. The Saturday before last Jim V. was in the firebox banging away […]
June 24, 2017: Jim Vanderbeck has finished grinding the flue/tube welded ends in the firebox. This has been a very time consuming task that Jim has accomplished all on his own. Once the welds are gone, the flue/ tubes must be cut with the torch so they can be collapsed and removed from the end sheet. […]