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Wilmington and Western RR - Shop Update
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Author:  tomgears [ Fri Jul 31, 2015 12:17 am ]
Post subject:  Wilmington and Western RR - Shop Update
There are a lot of good things going on at the W&W's shops. I organize the night crew which works Tuesday and Thursday nights from 5-10pm. We have a full-time CMO working during the day with volunteers helping. Some of the work going on is repainting the ceiling of our open-air car, reworking step boxes, rebuilding the power reverse for No. 58, painting the cab roof and tender deck of No. 98, annual inspection of No. 98, 1472 day inspection of No. 58, and new tires for No. 58. We have marvelous volunteers with many skills. No. 98 is our former Mississippi Central 4-4-0 built by ALCO in 1909 and No. 58 is our 1907 Baldwin 0-6-0 that was built for the Atlanta, Birmingham, and Atlantic. Also, out 1940 B&O SW-1 No. 8408 is offsite being rebuilt by McHugh Locomotive & Crane, more on that soon.

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File comment: B&O C2013 is getting some love.
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File comment: No. 98's tender deck got some fresh paint.
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File comment: Power reverse from No. 58.
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File comment: UT readings being taken on No. 58.
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File comment: Heating a stubborn nut to allow the removal of the power reverse bracket.
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File comment: One of our young bucks reworking a step box.
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File comment: The jacks are in position on No. 58.
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File comment: Applying primer to the ceiling of our open car.
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File comment: Nos. 58 and 98
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File comment: Our beloved No. 98 is in for her annual.
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Author:  QJdriver [ Fri Jul 31, 2015 12:22 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Wilmington and Western RR - Shop Update
Mucho Bueno Sabor
Author:  sbhunterca [ Fri Jul 31, 2015 3:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Wilmington and Western RR - Shop Update
Great stuff, Tom. Thanks for sharing!

Steve Hunter
Author:  Dave Lewandoski [ Fri Jul 31, 2015 5:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Wilmington and Western RR - Shop Update
looks like some quality work, and great to see the young guns interested.
Author:  tomgears [ Fri Jul 31, 2015 9:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Wilmington and Western RR - Shop Update
It is a true honor and privilege to be able to work with so many awesome people at the Wilmington and Western. Our little organization is 55 years in the making and 49 running trains. The thing that gives me the most satisfaction is being part of passing along what I learned from the men who work in the steam era to the next generation. My greatest hope is that it all keeps going long after I'm gone.
Author:  tomgears [ Thu Aug 06, 2015 11:55 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Wilmington and Western RR - Shop Update
One more photo of our crew doing a dye-penetrant inspection on No. 98's drawbar. We're pretty proud of our guys. We logged 360 man-hours of evening shift in the shop during July.

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