4501 Update 02-23-14

Andrew Durden · **Posted:** Thu Feb 27, 2014 4:45 pm

filmteknik wrote:

I'm sure God's Master Mechanic--Steam Engines would prefer green! (No religious offense intended for you more sensitive souls.)

Steve

Assuming you're referring to WJP, he actually preferred black, unless it was something that was originally built as a passenger engine. 4501 was green when he got it, he was told to paint one of the consolidations green and one black.

filmteknik · **Posted:** Fri Feb 28, 2014 11:36 am

Oh no! LOL

Unseenthings · **Joined:** Mon Jun 14, 2010 7:51 pm **Posts:** 155

So was the light taken back off?

wilkinsd · **Posted:** Wed Mar 05, 2014 5:53 pm

Unseenthings wrote:

So was the light taken back off?

No, likely the cloking mechanism has been turned on up in the cab.

CarNutandTrainNut · **Joined:** Wed Jun 30, 2010 6:01 pm **Posts:** 43

So was she fired to 100% boiler pressure?

southern154 · **Joined:** Mon Jun 24, 2013 12:54 pm **Posts:** 320

As said in Jim Wrinn's "Steam's Camelot," "People just wanted to see steam on the gauge" although spoken about 611's first return to service, the feeling is the same today for 4501. And it looks as if today is that day. Congrats to the guys at TVRM and as part of the rail fan community I will voice how thrilled I am to see her under steam.

Kelly Anderson · **Joined:** Tue Sep 14, 2004 7:52 am **Posts:** 2477

wilkinsd · **Posted:** Thu Mar 06, 2014 4:01 pm

Of note, 4501 appears to have new steps up to the running boards. They have solid sides, unlike the old ones. The angle appears to be less steep, like the ones on 630.

o484 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 06, 2014 9:58 pm

YouTube video of her blowing off steam.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLYPk32mdnY

GaryPBensman · **Joined:** Sun Oct 20, 2013 8:12 pm **Posts:** 18

There at 0:14 you see the reason why we do this blowing out. All the rusty gunk from the superheater units needs to GET OUT!!! and never be run through the new Valve and Piston rings.

southern154 · **Joined:** Mon Jun 24, 2013 12:54 pm **Posts:** 320

I know it was posted somewhere that the rods were being re-done at a machine shop in Chattanooga, how long until they are put back on, and how do you move the drivers around in order to position them to the correct position, in the picture they look like they are all out of alignment.

SR6900 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 07, 2014 8:08 pm

southern154 wrote:

and how do you move the drivers around in order to position them to the correct position, in the picture they look like they are all out of alignment.

A nut, some oil, and a couple of car movers. One wheel slides as the other rolls into alignment.

Steve Freer · **Joined:** Tue Nov 09, 2004 1:24 pm **Posts:** 379

SR6900 wrote:

A nut, some oil, and a couple of car movers.

Which shop worker are you calling a nut?

southern154 · **Joined:** Mon Jun 24, 2013 12:54 pm **Posts:** 320

I don't mean to bring the paint back up, but I would like to make an inquiry. Is there any chance of 4501 getting painted green in the future? Maybe for the 50th anniversary of the program in 2016? I never got to see her in green, and I know a lot of younger rail fans haven't either. Just a question to ponder. Again congrats to the guys at TVRM on their amazing accomplishment in bringing her back to steam.

filmteknik · **Posted:** Mon Mar 10, 2014 11:01 pm

I don't want to rekindle the color discussion but I do want to offer this - according to the paint drawings, Southern Railway painted their steam locomotives according to the type of service they were in. (emphasis added)

--- G. Mark Ray, TVRM, April 11, 2013