Here's the #11 at the end of the Nibloc Spur at the intersection of Snoqualmie Parkway and Hwy 202.
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| Author: | bobyar2001 [ Mon Feb 21, 2005 3:29 pm ] |
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Logging mallet 11 moves at Snoqualmie, Washington: Can't remember If we posted this before or not. Vintage locomotive creaks to new site in Snoqualmie Age slowed old Locomotive No. 11 Friday. The 1926-vintage steam engine was scheduled to arrive in Snoqualmie, Washington's Gateway Park at 13:00. But it wasn't until nearly an hour later that the 104-ton locomotive finally moved into its new home in a fenced display area, its gears and bearings creaking and groaning. Volunteers and staff with the Northwest Railway Museum had to stop often to grease and oil the moving parts on the undercarriage during its half-mile journey from the museum in downtown Snoqualmie to a new park at the intersection of Snoqualmie Parkway and Highway 202. Call Locomotive No. 11 the little engine that can't. It doesn't run. It looks spiffy enough, after 2,000 hours of work and $10,000 of cosmetic cleanup and restoration. But the engine needs a complete mechanical and steam-system overhaul. Even so, folks in the upper Snoqualmie Valley figure Locomotive No. 11 is right on track. It's purpose is not to haul logs anymore, but to attract attention, to get people to know there's something to see in the local area besides Snoqualmie Falls. "We want to create enough of a spectacle that people will park the car and visit," said Richard Anderson, executive director of the railroad museum. The project developed from a business forum more than two years ago. The Rotary Club of Snoqualmie, the city of Snoqualmie, the Snoqualmie Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Railway Museum pieced together the park and display plans. When fully developed, Gateway Park will feature a caboose as a tourist information booth, a railroad-themed children's playground and access to local hiking trails. Lisa Schaffer, executive director of the Chamber, figures the rest of the project will be easier than fixing up the old locomotive. She was a frequent volunteer, scraping and grinding old paint off the engine. "I lost track of the hours I spent," she said. "I had zero experience grinding and doing things like this." Schaffer recalled her first day with a grinder. On her way to the Museum, she ran an errand at a fund-raising event where participants were pampered with massages, manicures and other treats. "They were all wearing sundresses and I was in my jeans because I had to come scrape paint," she said. Another volunteer, Bruce Cronk, watched proudly as the engine was finally pushed into place. He had recently spent five hours painting silver letters on the locomotive. "I used to see this engine when I was a student at the University of Washington," he said. "It was parked where the Burke-Gilman Trail is now, just below Drumheller Fountain [on the UW campus]." The locomotive was used for logging in the 1950s, then donated to Washington State Parks and displayed at the UW from 1961 to 1972. Now it's on long-term loan to the Northwest Railway Museum, one of more than 70 vintage train cars and engines in the collection. Locomotive No. 11 is one of the first scheduled for mechanical refurbishment when the museum builds a $1.8 million conservation and restoration center. Construction on the center should begin later this year. Once the steam engine is operational, it will be part of a rolling fleet the museum uses for weekend and holiday train trips between Snoqualmie and North Bend. - Sherry Grindeland, The Seattle Times, courtesy Dick Seelye, Larry W. Grant |
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| Author: | BNsd40-2 [ Mon Feb 21, 2005 3:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No. 11 moves |
More information on the cosmetic restoration of the US Plywood Corp. #11, can be found at http://www.trainmuseum.org/Loco11.asp , including several photos. And for more information on the cosmetic restoration of the US Plywood Corp. #11 and other restoration projects at the Northwest Railway Museum check out http://www.restorations-nrm.com . Dan |
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| Author: | brianf [ Mon Feb 21, 2005 7:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No. 11 moves (Picture) |
Here's the #11 at the end of the Nibloc Spur at the intersection of Snoqualmie Parkway and Hwy 202.
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