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Tim Barger [ Mon Oct 28, 2024 9:43 am ]

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Updates from the Strasburg Rail Road Shops

Good Morning! I'll be taking over the regular (hopefully) updates from our Mechanical Shops here at the Strasburg Rail Road. I know it's been some time since we've posted and we apologize for that, business has been busy and that's a good problem to have!

Here we go with updates:

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File comment: Our CMO doesn't shy away from the hot, hard work either!

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File comment: Flanging for 722's new throat sheet is underway.

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File comment: New crown and side sheets have been made for 722.

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File comment: Boiler work is ongoing for Southern 722

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File comment: Here we can see the new rear flue sheet is being installed.

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File comment: The tubes, superheaters, front and rear tube sheets have been removed.

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File comment: In January our 1924 built Baldwin Decapod #90's 1472 was started.

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File comment: Here is the other drive wheel set in our wheel press.

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File comment: We recently completed axle replacements on a 3 foot gauge 4-4-0 wheel set. Here one wheel set is in our wheel lathe.

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Author:	jayrod [ Mon Oct 28, 2024 11:34 am ]
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YAY! The shop posts are back!

Author:	scratchyX1 [ Mon Oct 28, 2024 11:55 am ]
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jayrod wrote: YAY! The shop posts are back! Yup, Even if Kelly got scared off, by trollls, I'm guessing.

Author:	Patrick Fahey [ Mon Oct 28, 2024 1:47 pm ]
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Hi Tim First I will be the first just to say Thank You,, the shop updates from the railroad are appreciated by me, and I hope by others. As you said the shop has been busy so you must have quite a bit of outside work,, and also trying to find the time to work on Strasburg's own locomotives.. I always enjoyed reading Kelly's updates and now will look forward to yours.. and again Thank you.. Pat.

Author:	wesp [ Mon Oct 28, 2024 3:51 pm ]
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Do you have all of SR 722 or just the boiler and firebox? ~Wesley

Author:	Dave Lewandoski [ Mon Oct 28, 2024 3:57 pm ]
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Thanks for the update, and welcome Tim!

Author:	Zach Lybrand [ Mon Oct 28, 2024 4:55 pm ]
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scratchyX1 wrote: Yup, Even if Kelly got scared off, by trollls, I'm guessing. How about you keep your wildly inaccurate speculations to yourself? Kelly Anderson very publicly retired some time ago.

Author:	Bobulltech [ Mon Oct 28, 2024 6:40 pm ]
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Zach Lybrand wrote: scratchyX1 wrote: Yup, Even if Kelly got scared off, by trollls, I'm guessing. How about you keep your wildly inaccurate speculations to yourself? Kelly Anderson very publicly retired some time ago. I suspect they are referring to Kelly Anderson sanitizing much of their post history

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Tim Barger [ Mon Oct 28, 2024 7:02 pm ]

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Re: Updates from the Strasburg Rail Road Shops

Thank you all for the welcome back to the forums!

Kelly Anderson did retire a few years ago, although I don't remember exactly how long ago it was. To my knowledge he did not scrub the forums of his previous posts but I could be wrong as well.

wesp wrote:

Do you have all of SR 722 or just the boiler and firebox?

~Wesley

Wesley, we have the boiler here and the drivers for it.

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File comment: Freshened up drivers for the 722

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Author:	Alexander D. Mitchell IV [ Mon Oct 28, 2024 9:38 pm ]
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Tim Barger wrote: Thank you all for the welcome back to the forums! Kelly Anderson did retire a few years ago, although I don't remember exactly how long ago it was. To my knowledge he did not scrub the forums of his previous posts but I could be wrong as well. You're wrong. He took the trouble to completely scrub any and every post of his from this forum--and it appears a few of his cohorts also deleted their presence from any thread of a post he originated.

Author:	scratchyX1 [ Mon Oct 28, 2024 10:27 pm ]
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Alexander D. Mitchell IV wrote: Tim Barger wrote: Thank you all for the welcome back to the forums! Kelly Anderson did retire a few years ago, although I don't remember exactly how long ago it was. To my knowledge he did not scrub the forums of his previous posts but I could be wrong as well. You're wrong. He took the trouble to completely scrub any and every post of his from this forum--and it appears a few of his cohorts also deleted their presence from any thread of a post he originated. Yeah, I am referring to him scrubbing his posts from here, a few years after retirement. I have seen his posts on other rail related forums, recently, so I know he's still engaged in community.

Author:	rem1028 [ Tue Oct 29, 2024 9:09 am ]
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What is the status of 7312? Is any work still being performed at this time? Thanks, John

Author:	softwerkslex [ Tue Oct 29, 2024 10:00 am ]
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Alexander D. Mitchell IV wrote: Tim Barger wrote: Thank you all for the welcome back to the forums! Kelly Anderson did retire a few years ago, although I don't remember exactly how long ago it was. To my knowledge he did not scrub the forums of his previous posts but I could be wrong as well. You're wrong. He took the trouble to completely scrub any and every post of his from this forum--and it appears a few of his cohorts also deleted their presence from any thread of a post he originated. You are correct. That is really sad. It must have taken a lot of time and effort to search and find every post one has written and then overwrite it with ".". There was a lot of valuable information in those posts, and I imagine no backup. It is really sad. Just vandalism.

Author:	softwerkslex [ Tue Oct 29, 2024 10:06 am ]
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I want to add that that this says something also related to another thread, about the value of printed media. A formal, printed media is nearly forever. Forums like this, as nice as they are and convenient, can be destroyed, deleted or vandalized in an instant. All the assembled knowledge here is only temporary. Those who take the time to assemble their knowledge into books or formal documents, will have a much great impact on the future than those who limit themselves to social media posts.

Author:	scratchyX1 [ Tue Oct 29, 2024 10:49 am ]
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softwerkslex wrote: I want to add that that this says something also related to another thread, about the value of printed media. A formal, printed media is nearly forever. Forums like this, as nice as they are and convenient, can be destroyed, deleted or vandalized in an instant. All the assembled knowledge here is only temporary. Those who take the time to assemble their knowledge into books or formal documents, will have a much great impact on the future than those who limit themselves to social media posts. With internetarchive being partly down due to multiple attacks, I agree.

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