The public is welcome to join us for the Annual Members meeting. We hope to see you there! The doors will open at 9:00am. The address: 7688 SW Capitol Hwy, Room #7, in Portland, Oregon.
ANNUAL MEETING – JANUARY 20, 2018
December 20, 2017
New Swaging Die Tested
November 22, 2017
Harlan Hoult trying out the new swaging die. It is set up on a 50 ton press and the hydraulic ram is pushing the large flue tube safe end into the die. There are a few minor adjustments to be made, but overall it was a successful trial run. Photo by: Matt Baccitich
Thank you Oregon Cultural Trust!
November 12, 2017
The SP&S 700 steam locomotive rebuild/inspection project is now supported in part by a grant from the Oregon Cultural Trust. We received a grant of $17,818 that will go towards work done on the SPS 700’s rebuild through to August 2018. Also, the Oregon Cultural Trust has a great state tax credit program for Oregon […]
Monday Report
November 7, 2017
“We had a very productive Monday. We stuffed the first super heater unit of the second row as a test fit – slid right in. You can see the differences from the first row to the second, namely the bifurcates on the down pipes. We also removed all the threaded pipe fittings from the soon […]
Work Progress – Message from our President
November 3, 2017
Here’s what’s been going on Ultra sounding continues to progress at a stately pace. This is the one thing which seems to regularly happen on Saturdays. We are still working in the “stayed” area (firebox, combustion chamber, wrapper sheet, throat sheet) where things are held together with stay bolts, and we are supposed to take […]