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Tim Barger
 Post subject: New Year Updates from the Strasburg Rail Road Shops!
PostPosted: Fri Jan 03, 2025 12:07 pm 

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Happy New Year to you all! Here's some updates from our shops, we hope you all enjoy.


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File comment: A batch of new brake rigging pins that were machined right here in our shops.
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File comment: 90's pistons also had new rings machined.
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File comment: After the new tube sheets were welded in and secure the tubes and superheater flues were put into place.
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File comment: 722's throat sheet being test fitted.
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File comment: The throat sheet for Southern 722 with most of its sleeves and caps installed.
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File comment: Folks, even if you didn't blink you would have missed it. After a roughly six month restoration our Cherry Hill station has been relocated to it's home.
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File comment: Just in time for the holiday trains our former Boston and Maine coach Gobblers Knob came out of the shop from it's rebuild.
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File comment: Newly machined drive box cellars for Southern 722.
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File comment: Even the little ones act like divas! We have an axle that failed on our Cagney.
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File comment: In November we took delivery of Northern Central's 4-4-0 to start it's 1472 inspection.
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File comment: Also in early November Southern 722's drivers were shipped back to the customer.
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File comment: In late November the repaint of our Tidewater Tank car proceeded. We started by tracing the lettering and logos to be digitized.
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File comment: On December 20th our shop completed 90's steam test. Note the new "Pyle National Low Profile LED" headlight!!!
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File comment: On New Year's Eve we celebrated the 51 year career of Jim Rice and wished him well heading into retirement. Here is Jim at the throttle of our 3pm train, one last time.
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File comment: As part of Jim Rice's retirement we also dedicated to MRW Bridge to longtime SRC pillars Linn Moedinger, Jim and Steve Weaver.
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wesp
 Post subject: Re: New Year Updates from the Strasburg Rail Road Shops!
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Love the quote on the plaque.

Shop reports are my faves.

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 03, 2025 4:42 pm 

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I am so pleased that the new owners of my beloved 614 have selected the Strasburg steam shop to do her 1472 day overhaul. I'm looking forward to enjoying the progress as they make her ready for another 15 years displaying the magic of mainline steam.

Happy New Year to all. Ross Rowland
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SRC updates are always interesting.

It would be neat to see the York due a charter or two before she goes back. Vastly neater to think that the York, the newest standard gauge build in the country, may soon share shop space with one of the newest period engines- 614. Wouldn't have had that on my bingo card even a year ago!

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I'm also amazed at the amount of space there is at the Strasburg shops to support all these projects!

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It would be neat to see the York due a charter or two before she goes back.


Did the York tender come along to the shop?

~Wesley
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Tim Barger
 Post subject: Re: New Year Updates from the Strasburg Rail Road Shops!
PostPosted: Mon Jan 06, 2025 2:08 pm 

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wesp wrote:
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It would be neat to see the York due a charter or two before she goes back.


Did the York tender come along to the shop?

~Wesley


Unfortunately no, it did not. I too (personally) thought that it could be an excellent idea for a photo charter given the equipment we have here. But that's also the marketing person in me...and sometimes we are slithery lizards!

-Tim

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