CNJ 113 and BW&R 60

wde3rd · **Joined:** Wed Dec 12, 2007 1:13 pm **Posts:** 4

Any news on either of these engins?

PLATFORMCAR · **Joined:** Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:22 pm **Posts:** 429

I have no clue... however I passed by there recently and took a quick picture of #60.... Perhaps this helps a bit ?

Dean Levin

Tom Parkins · **Posted:** Mon Jun 15, 2009 1:58 pm

Regarding the CNJ 113 there is a current up to date thread on Trainorders.

This is lifted from a post by Mitch Goldman:

A crew of 4 was working on her Sunday 6-14-09 and hopes to have the boiler tested by the end of July if all goes as hoped, though she'll still have a
ways to go.

Hope I'm not violating any rules by my copy and paste. There are some current pictures on the Trainorders forum.

Tom P

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:21 pm

Re: 113: How about a photo from yesterday?

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 35&nseq=15

Tom Parkins · **Posted:** Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:32 pm

I sure hope the inventor of the Blue Tarp is in some sort of Hall of Fame.

Howard P. · **Posted:** Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:19 am

Gentlemen, you would be amazed at the quality of the boiler work that has gone on under that tarp!!!

Howard P.
Culm Bank, NY

WalterS · **Joined:** Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:19 am **Posts:** 116

I couldn't believe the small confined space of the tent DRGW 315 was being restored under. But after seeing this, it makes that tent look like a major repair shop. Great job to all involved with this project, cant wait to see her run!

junior · **Posted:** Tue Jun 16, 2009 3:13 am

Looks 1,000 times better than it did sitting down at Wilmington & Western's Marshallton shops in the early 90's.

Will be interesting to see it run.

adammil1 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:36 am

#60 is coming along. As a volunteer on the project I can say it seems like the biggest thing holding us back now is railroad politics and volunteer scheduling. The list of things that needs to be done as of 3 weeks ago (we took 2 weeks off the project and I couldn't make it down last week). FRA needs to witness a final hydro of the boiler. They've already seen one and we had a few minor weepers. Those should be fixed now. Superheaters need to be put back in. Smokebox needs to have the smoke deflectors reassembled. A leaf spring needs to be replaced. Locomotive and tender need to be reconnected.

Than all that is left if I am not forgetting anything is that a fire needs to be put in the boiler and she is ready to go! Really there isn't much else left to do on #60. If we weren't bogged down by so much railroad politics she would probably have been running months ago. If she were at another railroad who had a higher value on steam operation she could be in running condition in a few days.

Adam

Mgoldman · **Posted:** Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:24 pm

Tom Parkins wrote:

Regarding the CNJ 113 there is a current up to date thread on Trainorders. This is lifted from a post by Mitch Goldman:
Hope I'm not violating any rules by my copy and paste.
Tom P

None that I know of - it's all in the interest of preservation.

Here are a few more photos of CNJ #113 under the blue tarp taken on June 14th, 2009 at the former Reading Station in Minersville, PA. A boiler test is planned for mid to late July but as you can see, there's still a bit of work ahead for the group.

/Mitch