K4 leaves Steamtown roundhouse

arjay3 · **Joined:** Fri Jul 22, 2005 9:50 pm **Posts:** 162

Moved out of the roundhouse and over to the machine shop on 4-18-11 in preparation for departure by truck, hopefully soon.
RWJ

davew833 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 20, 2011 12:14 pm

Progress...?

johnf4501 · **Joined:** Wed Apr 20, 2011 9:51 am **Posts:** 8

I actually hauled her drivers to Chattanooga several years ago to be turned at Tvrm.

daylight4449 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 20, 2011 1:00 pm

I think that the tender is already back at Altoona. So, who spearheaded the original restoration anyway?

johnf4501 · **Joined:** Wed Apr 20, 2011 9:51 am **Posts:** 8

I don't know. I went up to Scranton in 2001 to get 5288 and got the roundhouse tour.

Richard Glueck · **Posted:** Wed Apr 20, 2011 4:58 pm

By truck. That throws me.
Perhaps Altoona is ready to begin the long process of finishing the rebuild and assembly. God knows, I hope so.

Frisco1522 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:41 pm

Better go to Defcon 4, this might start it up again.

baldwin · **Posted:** Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:49 pm

Frisco1522 wrote:

Better go to Defcon 4, this might start it up again.

Pass the popcorn, this is going to get good.

Afboone · **Posted:** Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:13 pm

I got the large Mountain Dew!!!!! Now I have more room to work on 565! :)

johnf4501 · **Joined:** Wed Apr 20, 2011 9:51 am **Posts:** 8

I brought the wheels by truck. We put 5288 on a depressed center flatcar. We also brought back and old f unit and a prime mover. It took most of a week to prep the steamer for the move. The idea with 5288 was to rebuild her into a close copy of a ps4. With the untimely death of our president Mr. Soule that went out the window.

J3a-614 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:50 pm

I'm not a Pennsy fan, but reading about this and seeing how close she might be to becoming alive again is just a heartbreaker.

steamtown observer · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 3:11 pm **Posts:** 371

J3a-614 wrote:

...seeing how close she might be to becoming alive again is just a heartbreaker.

You are joking, right?

J3a-614 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 20, 2011 9:29 pm

"You are joking, right?"--Steamtown Observer

Not entirely. I had the chance to speak with a gentleman from Williams Grove recently, and that was his estimation. Claimed that a great deal of work had been done improperly, then was redone over again, and supposedly is fairly close to being ready to go back together again. Of course, he could be wrong. . .and this is still a heartbreaker. . .

I not only think I live in the wrong time, I've had friends tell me that's so. . .

bigjim4life · **Posted:** Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:42 am

I love what's written on the side of the firebox - "Sweeeeeeeet!!!" :)

Mike LaBouliere · **Posted:** Thu Apr 21, 2011 1:42 am

Stuff and Mount!