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machinehead61 · **Posted:** Sun Dec 16, 2012 9:41 pm

Dave wrote:

If you want to help rebuild one, can you move your shop to North Carolina in the next year or so? I guarantee you'll end up knowing one inside and out intimately.

dave

LOL, I have a job and a family to feed, plus my house is paid for. :)

So what locomotive are you rebuilding?

My shop isn't much:
Bridgeport 9x42 J-head circa 1960s'
Monarch CK-12 tool room lathe (14.5" swing x 30" between centers) circa 1943
Lodge & Shipley 16" x 24" engine lathe - circa 1906 (cone head)
Brown & Sharp 8" x 24" wet grinder circa 1944

I passed up a Brown & Sharp #5 O.D. grinder but really don't know how much I'd use it.

I just love that model B & S and how accurate they are. Great American machine tools.

Steve

Dave · **Posted:** Mon Dec 17, 2012 1:52 pm

New Hope Valley will be starting to dig into the 5 year process of rebuilding Cliffside 110. She's about as worn out as a hulk can be, and a lot of good, heavy steam-tech work will be required. Just the survey will be very interesting........and, if I can, I'm going to try crowdsourcing the specs for some internal modernizations to the front end and valve chest. We'll see. This is one of those cases where since it needs so much attention, like new or better than new is a rational goal.

There's a surprising amount of data available in the Vulcan records to guide us also.

(edit) forgot to mention, it's about 62 degrees right now down here, in case that makes a difference....

dave

Dennis Storzek · **Posted:** Mon Dec 17, 2012 2:43 pm

machinehead61 wrote:

You worked at Northwestern Steel & Wire?

No, no, just a Chicago area railfan. All the fans in Chicago had to make at least one pilgrimage to Sterling, just to see steam in a native industrial setting.

Quote:

When did they end their steam locomotive usage?

Wikipedia says Dec. 3, 1980, and that sounds right to me. Never been back there since steam service ended, although I'm aware the plant closed.

machinehead61 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 17, 2012 3:02 pm

Dave wrote:

(edit) forgot to mention, it's about 62 degrees right now down here, in case that makes a difference....

dave

Nice guy, rub it in while you're at it.

Wait till July and you're baking in 100 degree/100% humidity :)

Steve

machinehead61 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 17, 2012 3:06 pm

Dennis Storzek wrote:

Wikipedia says Dec. 3, 1980, and that sounds right to me. Never been back there since steam service ended, although I'm aware the plant closed.

It reopened but with a much smaller work force.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northweste ... l_and_Wire

Quote:

In 2002, Leggett and Platt, a Fortune 500 company, later reopened a portion of the old mill with a new name, Sterling Steel Company LLC (SSC). Today, Sterling Steel Company employs roughly 400 workers.

Steve

Kelly Anderson · **Joined:** Tue Sep 14, 2004 7:52 am **Posts:** 2477

AndyPullen · **Joined:** Mon Oct 22, 2012 12:27 pm **Posts:** 33

machinehead61 wrote:

From the 1947 Locomotive Cyclopedia.

Steve

That looks very familiar. We had one of these machines in Birmingham when I was there.

As long as all the wheelsets are out of quarter the same amount, the locomotive won't know the difference.

N&W typically ran hard grease bearing clearances at around 1/32". 1218 had a wristpin that had oil lubrication and the clearance was 1/64". All the rest were hard grease.

Interesting fix, Kelly.

Andy Pullen

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