I visited this great old girl on a recent trip to North Dakota.
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| Author: | tomgears [ Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:37 am ] | ||
| Post subject: | NP 2164 Display in Bismark, ND | ||
I visited this great old girl on a recent trip to North Dakota.
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| Author: | tomgears [ Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NP 2164 Display in Bismark, ND |
Sorry for the giant photo size. Note that since she was photographed for steamlocomotive.info they have built a new shelter for her. She is in great shape, someone is even keeping the guano off her on a regular basis. |
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| Author: | hamster [ Sat Jul 28, 2012 11:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NP 2164 Display in Bismark, ND |
Nice photo! She is one of FOUR NP Class Q3 pacifics in preservation! 2153 and 2156 are at the Minnesota Transportation Museum in St. Paul, MN and 2152 is at the Northern Pacific Railway Museum in Toppenish, WA. |
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| Author: | Richard Glueck [ Sun Jul 29, 2012 9:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NP 2164 Display in Bismark, ND |
Very nice update on a preserved loco. Thank you. |
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| Author: | Les Beckman [ Sun Jul 29, 2012 4:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NP 2164 Display in Bismark, ND |
hamster wrote: Nice photo! She is one of FOUR NP Class Q3 pacifics in preservation! 2153 and 2156 are at the Minnesota Transportation Museum in St. Paul, MN and 2152 is at the Northern Pacific Railway Museum in Toppenish, WA. Sure is a nice looking engine. I think that MTM was working on one of their Q3's to restore it to service. How is that currently going? Les |
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| Author: | hamster [ Mon Jul 30, 2012 12:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NP 2164 Display in Bismark, ND |
Les Beckman wrote: hamster wrote: Nice photo! She is one of FOUR NP Class Q3 pacifics in preservation! 2153 and 2156 are at the Minnesota Transportation Museum in St. Paul, MN and 2152 is at the Northern Pacific Railway Museum in Toppenish, WA. Sure is a nice looking engine. I think that MTM was working on one of their Q3's to restore it to service. How is that currently going? Les The restoration is going very slowly as only very limited $$ have been available. We are working to get the locomotive back on its wheels so it can be moved to a better part of the roundhouse (i.e. a track with a pit). Most of the pins and bushings for the spring rigging have been made and the spring hangers refurbished. Work is starting on the driving boxes which are pretty worn out. No work has been done on the boiler for a number of years. |
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| Author: | Les Beckman [ Mon Jul 30, 2012 12:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NP 2164 Display in Bismark, ND |
Hamster - Thanks for the update. Les |
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