superwarp1 posted:Hot Water posted:SJC posted:Per Trains Mag, sounds like the plug was pulled on photo trips and (likely) for operation this year.
Hoping for "winter" to get it to run
I have been wondering when reality would set-in with Mr. Garner (sp), General Manager at WMSR? There is no way that 1309 would/could be "ready" in 2017, what with all the running gear work required, plus still some 200 staybolts requiring replacement.
The excuse is they are adding wheel work to the project.. it is what it is.
Baloney! The wheels have already been completed, and they previously showed photos of the finished drivers, quite a long time ago. I just don't understand why those folks will NOT admit all the problems that 1309 had, and still has as a result of the C&O seriously wearing her out and keeping her running with "quick fixes" until new diesels arrived.
Another "item" that they don't want to discuss is the fact that not only is 1309 an articulated, but she is a COMPOUND articulated, and nobody at the WMSR had/has ANY experience with all those extra steam pipes as well as the intercepting valve (which was recently just removed within the last two weeks). A compound articulated will NOT operate properly with a workout intercepting valve!!!!
