B&O EA #51 Restoration Completed

PCook · **Joined:** Sat Jul 02, 2005 7:16 am **Posts:** 2087

Last time I saw the engine room of the B&O 50 it had a lot of deterioration due to water leaks in the roof.

PC

Steamguy73 · **Joined:** Wed Dec 24, 2014 3:15 pm **Posts:** 612

PCook wrote:

Last time I saw the engine room of the B&O 50 it had a lot of deterioration due to water leaks in the roof.

PC

My guess is that it’s one of those things on the list of “eventual major cosmetic projects” for the MOT, included in there along with things like the Eddie Clock, and C&NW 1015 (the museum’s first locomotive, and the only surviving C&NW locomotive with a trailing truck).

Steamguy73 · **Joined:** Wed Dec 24, 2014 3:15 pm **Posts:** 612

Great article on the restoration from Railfan and Railroad. Also includes a great photograph of 51 if you haven’t seen it in better detail yet.

http://railfan.com/bo-museum-completes- ... ion-of-ea/

J3a-614 · **Posted:** Sun Jan 31, 2021 12:38 am

Some photos from Chris France on Facebook, first seen on Phoebe Snow Society-Members

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davew833 · **Posted:** Sun Jan 31, 2021 2:49 am

I can't believe what a difference the correctly replicated pilot makes to the look of the locomotive, not to mention the chrome applique on the nose. Amazing work!

(Too bad we can't get PRR E7 #5901 parked on the next track for a photo op.)

scratchyX1 · **Joined:** Tue Jul 14, 2020 12:17 pm **Posts:** 152

What was rotated out of the roundhouse?

Dave · **Posted:** Sun Jan 31, 2021 1:57 pm

Wow. This is probably the best demonstration of the ideal version of early diesel streamlining in the country, if not the world....... struck by how different the reality was by the mid 1960s and concern about visitors scratching it or getting it dirty. Kudos.

Howard P. · **Posted:** Sun Jan 31, 2021 2:55 pm

This is an amazing piece of work, absolutely superb in every way. The B&O Museum and the restoration crew have a LOT to be proud of here.

And that's a hell of a serial number....

Howard P.

G. W. Laepple · **Joined:** Mon Aug 23, 2004 5:10 pm **Posts:** 1182

I was told on Friday that the next project for the shop is a repaint of CNJ No. 1000. It would be cool to pose it with No. 51 at some point.

bbunge · **Posted:** Sun Jan 31, 2021 8:02 pm

scratchyX1 wrote:

What was rotated out of the roundhouse?

That's the lead into the round house.

Bob

J3a-614 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 01, 2021 12:14 am

G. W. Laepple wrote:

I was told on Friday that the next project for the shop is a repaint of CNJ No. 1000. It would be cool to pose it with No. 51 at some point.

I know it's a long shot to have the unit run, but is there any word as to CNJ 1000's condition, mechanically or cosmetically?

stlousteve · **Joined:** Wed Sep 14, 2011 5:44 pm **Posts:** 17

Photos and restoration are stunning.

Not wanting to nitpick, but I figure this would be the right place to ask: wouldn't the red around the fuel filler cap and levels be a more modern feature?

PaulWWoodring · **Posted:** Mon Feb 01, 2021 11:09 am

A somewhat related question: When was the Emergency Fuel Cutoff (EFCO) button first installed on the lower part of each side of a D-E locomotive? For anyone who doesn't know, there is also just about always one high on the back wall of the cab as well. By my training, that was the usual way we shut them down. Most D-E locomotives can also be shut down by pulling out on the throttle handle and pushing it further forward to "engine off".

Mgoldman · **Posted:** Mon Feb 01, 2021 9:09 pm

J3a-614 wrote:

G. W. Laepple wrote:

I was told on Friday that the next project for the shop is a repaint of CNJ No. 1000. It would be cool to pose it with No. 51 at some point.

I know it's a long shot to have the unit run, but is there any word as to CNJ 1000's condition, mechanically or cosmetically?

Here's how she looked back in 2010 (Sheesh, I thought I just took that pic, lol):
(Looked pretty good to me. I was told when the No. 51 was taken to be restored, that C&O 4-6-4 #490 was next... hopefully, she'll be next after the CNJ box cab, with the AFT as soon as possible)

With caption:
https://www.railpictures.net/photo/327979/

And back in 1955 (with "friends" - I wonder which B&O unit that is?)
https://www.railpictures.net/photo/356181/

Looks to be an E6:
https://www.railpictures.net/photo/355839/

/Mitch

Lincoln Penn · **Joined:** Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:40 pm **Posts:** 841

PaulWWoodring wrote:

A somewhat related question: When was the Emergency Fuel Cutoff (EFCO) button first installed on the lower part of each side of a D-E locomotive? For anyone who doesn't know, there is also just about always one high on the back wall of the cab as well. By my training, that was the usual way we shut them down. Most D-E locomotives can also be shut down by pulling out on the throttle handle and pushing it further forward to "engine off".

Yes,, if you were in the cab at the time.

Probably after a few of them, sitting around unattended, caught fire.

Would you want to climb into the cab to pull the EFCO line? Or would you rather do the same thing from the ground?

B&O EA #51 Restoration Completed

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