Avoid reading this red herring K4s 1361 news

Dave · **Posted:** Wed Jan 25, 2012 7:37 pm

Railway News Preservation can be a part of Railway Preservation News. Don't worry, Richard.

dave

Richard Glueck · **Posted:** Wed Jan 25, 2012 10:35 pm

Wonderful suggestion, Stephen. Done and done.

car57 · **Posted:** Wed Jan 25, 2012 10:38 pm

HEY.......I just read this because it said 'avoid reading this' i was hoping for some juicy derogatory comments.........
You should add 'red herring'...avoid reading this.......

Mike Pannell
Cheyenne

Randy Hees · **Posted:** Thu Jan 26, 2012 4:07 am

I want to thank everyone for the way this thread was handled...

1361 is a hot point... big steam, no longer being rebuilt for operation, lots of government money spent... Boiler issues so far unresolved...

The whole thing handled well...

Randy

Richard Glueck · **Posted:** Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:30 am

Randy, do we win anything?

parails · **Posted:** Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:12 am

lownote wrote:

Yes please--I've rarely posted here, but I wonder if there is a reliable update on the status. LAst I read the boiler was being tested at East Broad Top?

I'm not interested in blaming anyone or denouncing anyone, just want to know the status if possible.

The boiler is at the East Broad Top. Just to be clear, the EBT is just a "hiding" place for it until the roundhouse in Altoona is completed. No work has been done by EBT employees, and likewise, no work is planned by the EBT.

Bobharbison · **Joined:** Fri Dec 03, 2004 9:42 pm **Posts:** 3010

They're converting the K4 to three foot gauge?!?!? (Sorry, couldn't resist...)

Ok, more serious question. I thought the museum at Altoona was fairly large. There's no place they could have tucked the boiler there? Or is it actually being "hidden" at EBT for some reason? (As in rather than simply being a convenient storage location.)

softwerkslex · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:18 pm

Maybe security, vandalism concerns. Maybe just avoiding an eyesore.

davew833 · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:51 pm

Here's an overhead shot of the Altoona RR Memorial Museum from Google maps. I'm not sure how current it is, but it looks like it's pretty tight quarters without much room for expansion. I'm not surprised they'd store the boiler offsite until they're ready for it.

bigjim4life · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:43 pm

davew833 wrote:

Here's an overhead shot of the Altoona RR Memorial Museum from Google maps. I'm not sure how current it is, but it looks like it's pretty tight quarters without much room for expansion. I'm not surprised they'd store the boiler offsite until they're ready for it.

I'm pretty sure this is from this past year at some point - you can see the rest of the land around the "shed" for the construction of the quarter-roundhouse, which got started in 2011.

Mike Tillger · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:40 pm

An up to date photo of the roundhouse construction can be found here:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151143177260637&set=a.389322700636.358874.222359370636&type=3&theater

More photos can be found in the same album.

Mike Tillger

lownote · **Joined:** Mon May 23, 2011 1:02 pm **Posts:** 16

parails wrote:

lownote wrote:

Yes please--I've rarely posted here, but I wonder if there is a reliable update on the status. LAst I read the boiler was being tested at East Broad Top?

I'm not interested in blaming anyone or denouncing anyone, just want to know the status if possible.

The boiler is at the East Broad Top. Just to be clear, the EBT is just a "hiding" place for it until the roundhouse in Altoona is completed. No work has been done by EBT employees, and likewise, no work is planned by the EBT.

Thank you very much. I thought I had read that there was testing going on. Thanks fo the update