This month we take you on a tour of our multiple locations and projects across the USA.
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Golden Spike NHS - Promontory, Utah: Wasatch is performing the 15 year inspections on Central Pacific Jupiter and Union Pacific No. 119 located at Promontory, Utah. The work is being done in the National Park's locomotive shed on location. The boilers have been stripped down, inspected and are now ready for reassembly. New couplings are being installed as well as few new changes to the boilers for ease of maintenance and long-term care. Richard Carroll and his team have done a great job taking care of No. 119 and the Jupiter. It has been an honor serving them. This project will wrap up in a few weeks with the installation of new boiler jackets and paint and then test operations in May.
In addition to the boiler work, Wasatch is also casting, machining and preparing a new pony truck wheels for the Jupiter. These new cast steel wheels will be installed in the locomotive to replace a wheel that is failing as a result of casting flaws. These new cast steel wheels will replace the old cast iron wheels.
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Mare Island, CA: Wasatch will be involved in a long term painting project for a number of customers. This project also includes replacements or roofs on a few passenger cars and travel to Canada for field work as well. Major field painting projects now account for well over half of the annual income stream for Wasatch. Here we see a few cars having new side seals (car bodies) installed. The cars will then be repainted and delivered to the customer.
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Big South Fork Scenic Railway - Stearns, KY: We are working with staff and volunteers to finish the K&T 14. The heavy boiler work is finished and we will be performing multiple hydrostatic tests on the boiler next week. The boiler will then be mounted on the frame. Once mounted a steam test will take place and then the jacket and cab will be installed. This locomotive has a brand new tender as well as a new boiler interior. Yes, indeed, some folks have passed around pictures of a mistake that was made while installing the new firebox. That section of the firebox was removed and replaced. We thank those of you for posting pictures of our projects and mistakes without our permission. Wasatch seems to be the only contractor in the industry who has ever made a mistake ! :-) We make mistakes, we learn, we fix and we move on. K&T 14 should see operations in 2015.
Swan Ranch - Cheyenne, WY: It is hoped that Wasatch will break ground on a new freight car repair facility as early as April of 2015. This new facility will have six repair bays as well as a full welding and fabrication section of the shop. The new 3,000 sq. foot office space includes a board room and executive offices. If you would like more information about this building, or if you would like to read a copy of our 2014 Annual report, please contact me personally with a private message . Wasatch is growing at an excellent rate, and we continue in our plans to expand our locations, services, and skills to a variety of mainline operations as we continue to serve the historic rail industry as well.
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