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2479 Progress Report - October 28, 2006

Work during the past two weeks has focused on preparing for the coming winter rains.  Crews have been trimming brush along the Healy Ave. fence, removed debris that has collected in the round house materials area and installed several patches on the roof of the double wide mobile home.

Slow progress is being made with the locomotive's shoes and wedges.  Machining of the wedge for right side of #3 driver was performed.  The shoe and wedge must now be installed and measured to determine if any additional machine work is required.

Several additional cracks in the welds that attach wear plates to the pedestals for number 2 driver have been discovered.  These cracks are being ground out in preparation of welding.

Both of the organizations large fork lifts have major hydraulic leaks and are close to being unusable.  A plan has been created and hopefully in the next several weeks repairs will begin on at least one of units.

 
2479 Progress Report - October 14, 2006
Completed reorganization of round house materials.  Cleanup of debris remains.
 
Cleanup of area behind parts container.  Pallets have been repaired and stacked.

Move panel track previously located in center of field to a more suitable storage location.
Add section of panel track between locomotive and engine truck.  Reposition engine truck
closer to locomotive.  Manufacture tooling for use on planner/shaper to machine shoes
and wedges. Trim bushes along Healey Ave.
 
Install R3 shoe and wedge.  Take measurements in preparation of final machining of
wedge.
 
John
 
2479 Progress Update - September 23, 2006
Completed gouging out of cracks around number 2 driver pedestal liners.   Each liner, on the shoe and wedge side, had extensive cracks.

Removed two rigid staybolts on fireman's side of firebox in area to be pad welded.   Threads on the wrapper sheet were slightly damaged during process.

Wednesday crew continued to rearrange pallets of bricks.  About 45 pallets of brick have now been repositioned to allow easier grass (weed) cutting.  Some pallets have rotted away.  As these pallets are encountered bricks are being transferred to new pallets.

Preventative maintenance performed on forklift and lawn tractor.  Small cracks were found on a part of the lawn tractor.  Part has been removed for welding.

Attempted to perform final cut on a wedge.  Found during cutting process that out Bridgeport would not perform a flat cut.  The mill does not seem to like heavy loads on the table.  Next attempt will be on the shaper planner in the outside machine shop.

Biggest news was the "disappearance" of about 2/3 of the huge pile of dirt.
 
Steam Gauges for the 1215

Photos of the steam gauges for the 1215 have been uploaded into the photo gallery.

Here's the description from Hugh Crawford:

ImageThese gauges, as you see, are "double spring" meaning there are 2 Bourdon tubes linked together mechanically.  These are more accurate gauges.
 
Here's what's been done so far:
 
Disassemble and clean - they were packed full of mud dauber mud.
 
Bead blast the cases and paint with high heat engine enamel.
 
Both linkages with hair springs were ultrasonically cleaned.  One spring was straightened and reattached to the shaft and the shaft was straightened. - This was done by a Swiss trained jeweler.
 
Strip and polish the brass rings to secure the glass.
 
Reassembly
 
Ordered tempered glass
 
ImageNeed to do:
 
Paint faces, install glass and needles, dead weight test through their operating range.
 
Any comments are welcome.  I'm learning on this one.
 
Thanks to Al Paolo at CSRM for his advise and help straightening the dented face.  Leonard for his gauge restoration and face painting advise. 
 
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