Work on 4501 continues to stay focused on firebox completion. All the rigid crown stays have been installed and are ready for trimming to length and driving. The expansion stays are now being installed. Two of the four corner patches have been fit-up. Caps are now installed on all the flexible sleeves on the backhead and side sheets. Other items underway include installation of the boiler check bodies and lapping of seats for other boiler fittings.
Machinery work includes continued work on the driving wheels and boxes. Design of modifications to the trailing truck are underway. These modifications will correct original design problems with the spring rigging that were later corrected with later designs of the Hodges Trailing Truck. We will also apply roller bearings to the trailing truck.
Tender work includes completion of a hydrostatic test following the coal bunker modifications. The area for the stoker trough has been treated with a coal tar epoxy and is ready for installation of the stoker trough. Fabrication of the coal gates is well underway.
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File comment: New Coal Gates for Tender being Fabricated. New Coal Gates.jpg [ 88.71 KiB | Viewed 6774 times ] |
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File comment: Main Driving Wheel in Quartering Machine having crank pin bore machined. Main Driver Crank Pin Hole Bored.jpg [ 78.04 KiB | Viewed 6774 times ] |
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File comment: Some of the driving boxes after weld repairs were completed. Driving Boxes Set 1.jpg [ 91.25 KiB | Viewed 6774 times ] |