Located at Penitentiary
Glen
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We have two crossings to build, one is 13 degrees and the other is 20 degrees and Bill Deptowicz machined the frogs at home out of 1"x4" H.R. bar that Dave Foster obtained. |
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All eight of them are ready to be welded down to steel channel ties. More on this later. The Park engine when supported at each end allows the human type legs to drop down and support the center section. |
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The legs really belong to Lew Fowler who is helping Joe Banzer to disconnect the exhaust piping. The club engine was brought back because of an air leak in the compressor lines. |
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Joe and Lew continue on dismantling the piping and the dummy gas tank on that side of the engine. Frank was working on East Wind 's cylinders replacing the cap bolts with new ones. |
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You can see where the exhaust pipe was attached to the engine and the hole in the bed plate (lower left of center) where it discharged into the dummy gas tank. The lift we were able to use worked out great. |
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Ken Brooks holds the dummy tank shell with the nest of leaves found inside. East Wind's boiler tube shell on the cart along with the stay material and boiler tubes which will be going to the Blue Berry R.R workshop tonight for new tubesheet and fire box. |
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Lew steadies the boiler as Frank, Bob Davidson and Ken talk about the up coming process of work on the boiler. Frank will be using 1" type "K" copper pipe for the new tubes which has a thicker wall than the type "L" or "M" at the big box stores. |
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