2926 Restoration in progress Part II

gunns · **Posted:** Sat Jul 30, 2005 8:01 pm

Started a new topic to kick this back up to the top <G>,Sat. 30 July 05Lots of visitors to day,Cut, set up, and started cutting the clapper of the bell.http://www.railimages.com/gallery/kevin ... s/abrClose upOut side we reinstalled the foot plate on the tender, welded wear plates on to the tender trucks, and applied another coat of linseed oil to the Dunnage that will seperate the oil bunker from the water tank. Also a Bolt that had resisted mightily was finally removed from the oil bunker fill door, and much paint was applyed to the underside of the tender. Inside the Office copys of the drawings were numbered and placed in the ready rack, also the program that will keep track of parts removed was further refined. <this will get us off of the two nail system <<G>>> Word has it that the bearing steel has arrived and will be avalible Wends... Lots of bearings on the way.More to come,Gunns

bobyar2001 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 31, 2005 7:05 am

Two more pages of his photos here:http://www.railimages.com/gallery/kevinevans?page=1More background here:http://www.wheelsmuseum.org/2926update.html

gunns · **Posted:** Thu Aug 04, 2005 2:14 am

gunns · **Posted:** Sun Aug 07, 2005 6:58 pm

Sat Aug 6 05Busy today,We had another saftey class, for new members, with 5 attending, the bell was cleaned <old paint removed> and the inside painted, work started on the dunnage that goes between the oil tank and the water tank,the original wood,http://www.railimages.com/gallery/kevinevans/acn?full=1The replacement <not yet compleated>http://www.railimages.com/gallery/kevinevans/acm?full=1The #4 truck continues to recive attention, with the springs removed from the front right side and the wear plates welded in,http://www.railimages.com/gallery/kevinevans/aco?full=1In the Machine shop tooling is being produced to allow the replacment of the bearings that are in the truck brake rigging,http://www.railimages.com/gallery/kevinevans/acb?full=1All in all things are going well,more to come,Gunns

gunns · **Posted:** Thu Aug 11, 2005 2:51 am

Wend. 10 Aug. 05Finshed the last <I hope> part for the bell, <A 3/8 inch thick 3in dia. washer> pardon the color but it was bright out and my camera didnt like it...http://www.railimages.com/gallery/kevin ... full=1Also we started using the ultra sound equipment to get a feel for what we can expect from it, our opperater used the same equipment for many years and the equipment worked as advertised.also bearing replacment has begun, lots to do here, average of 32 bearings on the brake rigging need replacment per truck, and we have 2 of the 8 wheel buckeye trucks. Drawings and notebooks are being prepared to keep track of the work in progress.Broken bearing above the site of the "bell crank" rocker that it goes to.http://www.railimages.com/gallery/kevin ... t?full=1In the office the copies of our drawings continue to be marked and rolled for use. This will preserve the orignals, and allow us to drag a drawing out to the work site.more to come,Gunns

gunns · **Posted:** Sun Aug 14, 2005 7:21 pm

Sat Aug. 13 05Today was the monthly progress meeting, after the meeting we went to work. A frame was constructed to support the bell at open houses and displays.http://www.railimages.com/gallery/kevin ... ?full=1and needle scaling continued on truck #4, also on the tender trucks mesurments and a survey is being conducted to select the sleave bearings that need replacment.On the tender the dunnage has been compleated and is now beeing attached to the oil bunker, or plased in its location on the water tank.http://www.railimages.com/gallery/kevin ... x?full=1In the office the plans continue to be rolled and made avalible on our working plans storage area.Last a photo of the Back head showing the ATS bracket, and also the spots where we tested the non-destructive testing equipment, http://www.railimages.com/gallery/kevin ... full=1More to come,Gunns

gunns · **Posted:** Thu Aug 18, 2005 12:57 am

Wends. Aug 17, 05Work continues, the Buckeye trucks are still the focus of our efforts, more wear plates were put in place and welded on, the brake bearing survey continues, and the first bell / rocker plate has had the bearings removed, and new bearings are being fabricated <3 ea per plate> a punch has been fabricated for the bearing removal proccess, and works well in our 20 ton press. The maintenence folio calls for the bearings to be made fron mild steel and case hardened, the first is complete and ready for installation. Also the education committe met and discussed our ongoing education project for the local school district. In the office work continues on the restoration / part tracking program and more of the orignal plan sheets have been copied and made avalible for use in the restoration.More to come,Gunns

gunns · **Posted:** Sun Aug 21, 2005 4:03 pm

Sat 20 Aug 05We had a great day to day. Weather was good and cooler. Sevrale members were in Amarillo to support the move of AT&SF 5000 the Madam Queen to its new display building. At the work site, we managed to replace all the bearings in one of the rocker/bell crank plates on tender truck #13 berings were press fitted and had been case hardened according to instructions in our maintence folio. On the tender trucks needle scaling continues, and the last two spring pockets have been opened and the springs removed for inspection and cleaning. No futher springs were found to be broken, so the score was 1 broken spring out of 72 total springs, and the replacment spring can be orderd. Wood dunnage continues to be attached to the oil tank in preperation for its reinstallation in the tender. Much care has been taken to fit it to the "many" rivits that hold the tank together. The bell display frame was painted and polish was begun on the bell for it's display at a Tricentenial celabration for the City of Albuqurque this coming Saturday. The theme of this on is "Rails in to Albuqurque"more to come,Gunnshttp://www.railimages.com/gallery/kevinevans/abt?full=1

gunns · **Posted:** Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:25 am

Wends Aug24, 05Today we finshed one of the brake "bell" cranks and re installed it to the tender truck, one down and 7 to go, http://www.railimages.com/gallery/kevin ... full=1also another crank was inspected and is ready for installation but we need to replace a wear plate on the tender truck frame before we can replace that Bell crank. The replacement for the single broken spring has been ordered. The saftey brackets that keep lose brake gear from falling from the trucks needs work, wear zones are being renewed with added stock and re formed to the proper profile.http://www.railimages.com/gallery/kevin ... ?full=1The bell was polished and the bell display rack was finshed in preperation for the Rails to Albuqurque activity this Sat. in the office, the last sets of drawing were prepared for copy, and futher refinement on the parts / work tracking software continued.http://www.railimages.com/gallery/kevin ... ull=1other photos,"Lurch" the car moverhttp://www.railimages.com/gallery/ ... ?full=1And built in ladder access to one of the lubricators <80 in driver in back ground>http://www.railimages.com/gallery/kevinevans/ada?full=1More to come,Gunns

gunns · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:22 pm

27 Aug 05Saturday,well the bell went to the all roads to Albuqurque tricentenial program, along with many club members we were well recieved, and just about emptyed the lobby when we rang the bell <G>http://www.railimages.com/gallery/kevinevans/adn?full=1After the program we got back to the work site, work on the Brake bell cranks continued, wit a new wear plate fabricated to replace a worn plate. Once this plate is welded in another finshed bell crank can be installed. http://www.railimages.com/gallery/kevin ... ?full=1all the bell cranks on truck #13 have been removed and inspected, bearings have been renewed, and only one more bearing is needed for this truck.http://www.railimages.com/gallery/kevin ... f?full=1On truck #4 the support bracket that prevents a broken brake beam from falling on the tracks has been renewed and re positioned, apperently thiese brackets on the front of both trucks had hit something on the tracks while in service. Note our two 8 wheel buckeye trucks have number plates on them Id ing them as numbers 13 <rear truck> and 4 <front truck>http://www.railimages.com/gallery/kevinevans/adg?full=1With all the remaining springs removed, the springs are being cleaned and coated with preservitive this one by Neadle scaling,http://www.railimages.com/gallery/kevinevans/adj?full=1and this one in a sandblasting cabinet.http://www.railimages.com/gallery/kevin ... full=1This set of springs have yet to be serviced, and are waiting thier turn.http://www.railimages.com/gallery/kevin ... full=1Also the crib work under the oil bunker was moved so the last stick of dunnage could be reattached.http://www.railimages.com/gallery/kevin ... ll=1Lastly, a view into the fire box,http://www.railimages.com/gallery/kevinevans/adi?full=1and the view from the cab.

More to come,Gunns

gunns · **Posted:** Thu Sep 01, 2005 8:21 pm

Wends, Aug 31.05Work continues on the trucks, the last bell crank on truck 13 was refurbished with bearings and installed. Also the felt gasket for the wipers in the brake cyls was fitted to a cylnder. It was also tool repair day, with various handles, and support items being brought to opperating condition.more to come,Gunns

gunns · **Posted:** Sun Sep 04, 2005 12:45 pm

Saturday 3 Sept. 05Had a short day today but we managed to re crib the tender oil bunker so that the last spot remaining to be cleaned and painted can be worked on <a 4 x 6 foot area at the front bottom of the bunker.> Also we started to re assemble the brake rigging on truck #13, the back half is re assembled, except for the cylinders and "one more bearing" I found that need replacment. this involved 2 20 ton jacks and a 10 tonner to move all the linkages in to position, so as to allow the bering pins to be re installed. Hopefully we will be able to connect Air to the cyl set next week and opperate/ adjust the last half of the trucks brakes. <2 wheel sets>More to come,Gunns

gunns · **Posted:** Thu Sep 08, 2005 9:22 am

Wends 7 Sept 05More trucks to day...made more bearings, installed brake linkage adjusting shoe. Mesured and started fabrication of fuel oil and boiler water supply gaskets. Compleated survey of welding needed before tender reassembly. <We want to get every thing done while the trucks are accessable>More to come,Gunns