The good news from NSRM is that we have successfully navigated the grant writing process and are in receipt of sufficient funds to complete the Glenbrook, an 1875 Baldwin narrow gauge 2-6-0. This come at a good time given the general financial situation of museums in general.

As some of you may know the Glenbrook project began in 1983 and has started and stopped several times during the last 27 years. With a dearth of funds for other projects we can work unhindered on this project.

The boiler is on the shop floor. We have un-stitched it about as far as one can and still have it remind you of a boiler. The steam dome is off, the barrel is off at the throat sheet, and the rear tube sheet is out. The wrapper has received a new liner. It is riveted in and the dome is ready to be re-installed. We have new sheets rolled for the barrel and the new rear tube sheet is on the form and partially flanged. The transition course will require flanging also.

Meanwhile we have disassembled the pistons and are preparing to put in new hard- chrome plated rods. We have just received a donation of a universal cylindrical grinder and re-worked the heat treat furnace. This will allow us to machine, harden, and grind new valve linkage pins and knuckle pins. We have welded up, normalized, and machined a new steam dome lid (the original is cast iron and in poor condition). While the boiler is going together the cab, pilot, jacket and sundries will be in process.

The tender was completed several years ago as was the frame and wheels.

While the Glenbrook is only several builders’ numbers off of Markoff’s Eureka, it isn’t the blistering beautiful piece that his is. This was a bare bones work engine. The contrast will be interesting.

We are proceeding with the intention of returning the locomotive to full operating condition. We have allowed four years to complete the project but hope to complete it sooner.

NSRM?

CTL&F?

Any hints here as to "who, what, where"?

Thanks,
Howard P.

Quick search turned up the answer:

http://www.nsrm-friends.org/nsrm51.html

Apologies for the presumption.

Nevada State railroad Museum
2180 South Carson Street
Carson City, Nevada 89701

775-684-6953

Carson Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company, operating a railroad from 1875 to 1898 from Glenbroook, Nevada on the shores of Lake Tahoe to Spooner Summit, a distance of approximately 10 miles with a gain of a little more than 1200 feet.

Chris De Witt

Sounds like a really invasive project! The rivets in the boiler could not have been straight out iron, perhaps wrought iron. The corrosion of rivets, flexi caps and sleeves is an odd thing. On many locomotives I have witnessed HEAVY wasting of the previously mention items while the surrounding plate goes untouched. W

While it is no doubt a matter of the material composition I have never heard a narrative as to just what allows this to occur. Anyone?

Cheers, Jason

Chris,

Looks good, I remember you talking about doing this type of repair a few years ago. I suppose you gave me some ideas for my engine. :-) Is the barrel and taper course also going to be of riveted construction or welded? I can't wait to see the Glenbrook completed. All the best from Washington state and a happy new year!

In response to jasonsobczynski, yes of course wrought iron rivets. Pure iron is found in the laboratory and cast iron is obviously not an option. It is understood in the trade that when the word iron is used in conjunction with rivets the wrought is implied.

CCdW

Is this at the Boulder City or Cason City muesum? Isn't the muesum in Carson City supposed to close? Good luck with the restoration

The work is being done at the Carson City facility.

The closure of many of the state museums is threatened by the budget proposed by the outgoing Governor. The new Governor will have to propose a budget and the newly elected state legislature will have adopt it (or a version of it). The next budget will go into effect at the first of July.

For some current information see this post by Dan Markoff over on the Narrow Gauge Railroad Discussion Forum.
The Nevada State Museum crisis
This is in a parallel thread about the Glenbrook.
Dan Markoff besides being the owner of the E&P EUREKA is also on an advisory Nevada Board of Museums and History.

There seems to be a growing awareness in Nevada about the proposed critical cuts to the state museums and the Nevada Historical Society.

While I do not have any news on the topic, here are two photos of "Glenbrook" on the last day of 2012. It has been reported elsewhere that the Nevada State Railroad Museum would like to complete this work by 2014 for their state's sesquicentennial.