Another hobby, Locomotive restoration

Here are some photos from a club I belong to. We are restoring a steam locomotive to opperation.

It is on the home strech, we started in 1999, and hope to be finshed in early 2013.

http://www.nmslrhs.org/images/photos/7-30-11/index.html

And

http://www.nmslrhs.org/images/photos/8-6-11/index.html

Regards,
Kevin

Here is a vid by Roger,
A double header up Cumbres Pass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrX1loboq8A&feature=channel_video_title

Regards,
Kevin

The cats are the secret bosses.... Actually they keep down the rodents, with multiple cases of Bubonic plague and Hanta virus a year, rodent control is important.

Regards,
Kevin

Maryn said:

Cool. I have a family member who did this for a time, but was waylaid by industrial archeology other than trains. (He's into factories, mostly.) Anyway, restoring the big machines of the past is awesome.

And it's awesome that someone has trained a Siamese cat to assist. (In the first picture set.) Or does s/he just yowl when it's time to eat?

Maryn, who digs old trains

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Thanks all,
I think the feed water pump imparts some heat, the pump pistons are steam driven.

Here are the latest photos,

http://www.nmslrhs.org/images/photos/9-24-11/index.html

Front end paint too.
Regards,
Kevin

Jumping up to the present, a milestone photo set.

A milestone, the cab is on for good. (We hope, Grin)

http://nmslrhs.org/Photos/2015/09-12/index.html

Kevin

Locomotive was built in 1944 for the AT&SF RR she ran for nine years and logged a million and a quarter miles, donated to the city of Albuquerque for its two hundred fiftieth birthday, purchased from the city by our club in 1999. We have the manuals and blueprints (a room full) and should (we hope) be running this year.

Sorry for the delay, Life happened... sigh

Kevin

Reziac said:

That's just freakin' awesome. Beautiful machine. Do you know when and where it was originally built, or any of its other history?

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Another update, we have an engine house, now the 2926 lives inside for the first time since 1953....

http://www.nmslrhs.org/Photos/2016/06-11/EngineHouseRollOut.html

With luck we will steam up this year.

Regards, Kevin