A few weeks ago there was some noise that there was a steam up imminent for 1309. Anyone have any updates they can share about this restoration and where the new funding came from?
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J 611 posted:A few weeks ago there was some noise that there was a steam up imminent for 1309. Anyone have any updates they can share about this restoration and where the new funding came from?
Western Maryland Scenic Railroad • 1309 Steam Engine Restoration • C&O Left Service in 1957
1. Front of the boiler and the smokebox.
2. Journals to the axles need some work, after the inspection.
3. Axles were sent out for repairs.
4. Drive wheels.
5. The front flue sheet and the smokebox at the front of the locomotive.
Gary: Rail-fan
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The first photo and the last show the smokebox (technically not a part of the boiler, and, of course, at the front of the engine). You can see the steam pipes to the cylinders curving along the sides. Not sure what that second photo is, but it sure doesn't look like a journal.
Kelly Anderson posted:It's a little rusty...
LOL! I thought it was a rough casting!
I don't know who put the titles/descriptions on those photos, but they are not correct, in my opinion.
Hot Water posted:I don't know who put the titles/descriptions on those photos, but they are not correct, in my opinion.
Well, maybe No. 4 "Drive wheels" might be close, if not entirely accurate. But yeah, lot's of incorrect descriptions here...
Even though the captions might be a little off, I appreciate seeing the photos. My thanks to the Trainroomgary
I fixed the photo captions...
Glad to see that the drive wheels are back in West Virginia...and inside this time.
J 611 posted:trainroomgary posted:Western Maryland Scenic Railroad • 1309 Steam Engine Restoration • C&O Left Service in 1957
2. Journals to the axles need some work, after the inspection.
3. Axles were sent out for repairs.
4. Drive wheels.
Gary: Rail-fan
Glad to see that the drive wheels are back in West Virginia...and inside this time.
Those could be pretty old photos, as they do NOT look "repaired" to me. The crankpins don't look remachined nor replaced, and the axle journals are completely unprotected in those photos.
Hot Water posted:J 611 posted:Glad to see that the drive wheels are back in West Virginia...and inside this time.
Those could be pretty old photos, as they do NOT look "repaired" to me. The crankpins don't look remachined nor replaced, and the axle journals are completely unprotected in those photos.
I agree with Jack, if they were machined they wouldn't have surface rust on the crankpins. In fact, the tires that, to my knowledge, the SRC replaced and machined obviously have rust on them. I hope they won't have to be re-done due to being left outside.
PennsyPride94 posted:Hot Water posted:J 611 posted:Glad to see that the drive wheels are back in West Virginia...and inside this time.
Those could be pretty old photos, as they do NOT look "repaired" to me. The crankpins don't look remachined nor replaced, and the axle journals are completely unprotected in those photos.
I agree with Jack, if they were machined they wouldn't have surface rust on the crankpins. In fact, the tires that, to my knowledge, the SRC replaced and machined obviously have rust on them. I hope they won't have to be re-done due to being left outside.
Rust on the tires doesn't matter. To my knowledge, all the drive wheels are still at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum Shops for new crankpins and axle journal remachening/grinding.
Before they steam the Beast of the East up, she has to pass a hydro first?
Dominic Mazoch posted:Before they steam the Beast of the East up, she has to pass a hydro first?
Absolutely!
Gary: Rail-fan
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Hot Water posted:Dominic Mazoch posted:Before they steam the Beast of the East up, she has to pass a hydro first?
Absolutely!
I think they already have had a successful hydro test.
J 611 posted:Hot Water posted:Dominic Mazoch posted:Before they steam the Beast of the East up, she has to pass a hydro first?
Absolutely!
I think they already have had a successful hydro test.
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Way things are going, they’ll have to do another before 1309 actually runs. 
Farmer_Bill posted:Way things are going, they’ll have to do another before 1309 actually runs.
True, I really think WMSR picked the wrong locomotive to restore. The 1309 has been sitting outside for over half a century, and it wasn't really maintained well by the C&O in the first place. I think before they picked a locomotive to restore, they should've evaluated the condition to see if it would've been a good project for restoration. That or not restore another locomotive and instead get started on 734's FRA inspection and overhaul as soon as possible. Sure it will be cool to see an articulated locomotive on WMSR, but I'm not sure when or if that will happen. The WMSR needs our help for this project now more that ever if it will be done in a timely manner.
