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