Hot Water posted:hullmat991 posted:
superwarp1 posted:Who's doing the axle work? Strasburg?
According to an article posted in the other thread by CSX Fan the work seems to be going to Tennessee.
Since Mr. Garner states that there is "only one company in the United States" able to perform work on steam locomotives, that is certified by the FRA, I wonder if the Strasburg Rail Road has been sending all their steam locomotive work to that same place in Tennessee? I know for a fact that SP 4449 was NOT sent to any company in Tennessee for her 15 year boiler work, nor any time we have her axle journals refinished. Then there is the UP 844 and Milwaukee 261, neither of which were shipped to Tennessee, for either boiler work nor axle/wheel work. The UP has generally contracted their wheel/crankpin work to the Strasburg shop (all the drivers from 4014 are currently at Strasburg now).
Given the number of odd things in that article, I'd chalk it up to a clueless reporter who is totally ignorant of steam in general totally screwing up what was said and/or quotes totally out of context. No big surprise. It happens...
