Today, WW&F #10 was steamed up for the first time since 2002, after an 18 month rebuild. It was able to pull the last couple of trips, after a minor glitch in the morning.

#10 is 100 years old this year. For July it is lettered for one of the lines it served, "Pleasure Island and Western Railroad". This weekend is Pleasure Island Remembrance Weekend.

The engine is square, sharp sounding, looks really nice and the sound of steam is wonderful to have again.

WW&F Railway

Earlier in the day #10 ran light to the Alna Center station during some test runs. This was the first steam to Alna Center since the 1930's.



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working out a few bugs Saturday morning...



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"The fireman's view," out on the main, rolling into Sheepscot.



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This photo was taken inside the new "Superdraft" spark arrestor. Lots of oohs and aahs were heard :-)

*The beam from my xenon flashlight, which was the only lighsource for this picture is the cause of the fiery appearance.


SJHussar@aol.com

I really appreciated seeing the photos of #10 under steam. I have belonged to this group as a life member for a number of years. I can usually only get up to Maine once every couple of years. I am always amazed by the progress that is being done. They have a fantastic group of volunteers at the WW&F. It is very much worth a visit if you are in the area. Please check out their operating schedule before you visit. You will NOT be disappointed!!!!

steamfan@crusoe.net

Congrats - what a sweet little teakettle.

Please fill us in on the technical stuff about what work was done, how, the spark arrestor engineering, and the debugging process.

No wonder there hasn't been steam to Alna for 70 years. They still haven't finished building the station. WPA project?

dave

irondave@bellsouth.net

It looks GREAT! A job well-done. Finally its Edaville-applied amusement park stack has been shed, although I did think it looked kind of neat. It reminds me now of the Maxitrak Lil'Jo somewhat in a bigger size. Hope to get up to Maine one of these days to visit MNGRR and the WW&F.

-Ed Kelley

GTNGRR@aol.com

> The engine is square, sharp sounding, looks
> really nice and the sound of steam is
> wonderful to have again.

Congatulations to all involved! Sure looks good, especially the new main rods! Well Done!

Martyhuck@aol.com

> Congrats - what a sweet little teakettle.

> Please fill us in on the technical stuff
> about what work was done, how, the spark
> arrestor engineering, and the debugging
> process.

Dave,
this was a major overhaul, as the photo from this past December shows. Just about every moving part was checked or fixed. Basically everything outside of the boiler was worked on.

New drive axle boxes, new rods, wheel-work, new smokebox and straight stack, etc.
The brake cylinder was moved from under the boiler over the rear drivers, to under an entirely new cab -behind the boiler. There is also a new headlight being cast.

(James P. can, and hopefully will go into much more detail!)

The "superdraft" spark arrestor, was inspired by plans in a 1940's "Locomotive Cyclopedia" but was designed and constructed by one of the shop regulars and built in his home shop. The theory is that the round shape at the back, (facing the tubes), will cause most of the cinders to be deflected out towards the sides of the smokebox, and fall to the bottom before getting sucked into the screen. It is removed in one piece so that the tubes can be cleaned out, which was quite a lengthy process with the previous 'Master Mechanics' type front end. The petticoat pipe is held inside and is adjustable up and down to optimize the draft. The screen doors are hinged to allow easy access to the inside. Before Saturday this was all theory, but early indications are that it seems to be working as advertised.

> No wonder there hasn't been steam to Alna
> for 70 years. They still haven't finished
> building the station. WPA project?





SJHussar@aol.com

Stephen,
do you happen to have any dimensions for #10?
even just the driver height would be usefull..
(im considering building a model!)
thanks,
Scot

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> New drive axle boxes, new rods, wheel-work,
> new smokebox and straight stack, etc.
> The brake cylinder was moved from under the
> boiler over the rear drivers, to under an
> entirely new cab -behind the boiler. There
> is also a new headlight being cast.

> (James P. can, and hopefully will go into
> much more detail!)

Steve has most of it down.

We removed the cylinder casting and had the cylinders bored, then fixed up where the casting and main frame meet. The engine was 30" gauge once, so the cylinders are for 30" gauge but the frame is for 24" gauge. Edaville took an interesting approach, which we improved upon.

With the cylinders off the frame was brought square both horizontally and as much as we could vertically, at least where it counted.

The new axle boxes took the most time. We did it in-house, it took months of weekends-only.

The old drive rods were offset by 3" to from 30" gauge cylinders to 24" gauge drivers. We put in a larger, longer pin on the main drivers and machined new rods ourselves.

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> Stephen,
> do you happen to have any dimensions for
> #10?
> even just the driver height would be
> usefull..
> (im considering building a model!)
> thanks,
> Scot

Scot,
she has 28 inch drivers.


SJHussar@aol.com

> Scot,
> she has 28 inch drivers.

thanks! :)
thats very helpfull..
Scot