> Another railfan told me that 6325 was in
> horrendous shape prior to the O.C.
> rebuilding her. In his description, the
> engine had been badly gutted and vandalized,
> so much so, that she resembled many of the
> park engines that are liberally dispersed
> about the country. What is the truth of
> this? Was she a horror that fell into good
> hands or was she already in fairly good
> shape? I'd like the get the information from
> the iron-horse owners mouth.
The 6325 was not in great shape when it arrived. A group in Battlecreek Michigan started the restoration, with good intentions, but had to leave the site that they had been working on the engine ASAP and they were running low on money. They had really no choice but to sell her.
We had to replace all the tubes and flues, build superheaters from scratch, remachine all the running gear, including new crown brass, reprofiling tires, turning axles and crankpins. The boiler got over 200 new staybolts, and 600+ Flannery MB weld on caps. She also received all new plumbing, hundreds of new studs, new jacketing, and countless other parts. This list really doesn't even get close to the amount of work that was done. So she really needed a lot of TLC to get her back on the road, but she is something that we are all proud of at the Ohio Central.
You can go to: http://www.ohiocentralrr.com/shop/6325.html to see the restoration and what she looked like on Day 1.
I hope this answers your questions,
Jason Johnson
6325 restoration
jmjohnson@ohiocentral.com
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