May 26, 2017: So, on Saturday, the following happened: Kyle C and George O teamed up to continue on with the ultra sounding. Can’t remember if I reported that Kyle C and Bill Hamby had previously removed the throttle bracket (VERY difficult job) and cleared the way to test areas of the back head that […]
May 16, 2017: This last weekend, there was a little work done in the engine house – just some cleanup inside the engine and the removal of the throttle assembly.
Yesterday’s event was a great success! We had just over 4,000 guests last year and 5,179 guests this year. We saw a lot of smiles as everyone enjoyed the railroad equipment, steam engines, speeder rides, train rides, live music, displays, model railroads and great food. #pdxTD2017
April 30, 2017: Jim Vanderbeck grinding the welds and small ends of the flue tubes that remained after the flue tubes had been cut and removed. Photos by Randy Woehl
April 25, 2017: So, what’s been going on? This past Saturday we got some more ultra sounding done, trained some more people on how to do ultra sounding, and discussed some plans about how to keep this project moving forward. On the previous Monday, Matt, who is doing an excellent job of being our mechanical […]
April 21, 2017: So, I haven’t had much to talk about regarding the engine work going on lately. That’s because it’s been largely the same ‘ole. The ultra sounding progresses at a stately pace, and the old super heaters are still being recycled. There is some news, however: the first row of new super heaters […]
“We moved over 2000lbs of spring steel last weekend. Our spring supplier, Benz spring co. Of Portland, has gone out of business. They were storing the material for us for about 15 years and it is custom produced for our locomotive and according to the owner, Bill Benz, it is no longer made. This would […]
April 11, 2017: We’ve reached a particularly difficult milestone – the removal of all necessary flues/tubes to allow cleaning and inspection of the boiler. We wanted to send a shout out to all of the crew members who worked on this phase and thank them for their hard work and dedication. I think we can […]
March 31, 2017: So, as we are on the cusp of another Saturday, I thought I should catch y’all up on what went on the last two Saturdays. It’s kind of dull, but it represents progress. Ultra sounding continues under the careful hands of Randy Woehl and Kyle Chappell We have been cutting up the […]
March 31, 2017 – Inside the boiler, looking at the Firemans’ side firebox tube sheet, with the flues/tubes cut off and the radial stays and outside sheet wrapper. All look to be visually in very good condition. Photo by MATT BACCITICH