I wonder...what's the possibility after 50+ years in
the elements that ANYTHING will move on those
engines??

Steve

--- Bob Yarger <bobyar2001@...> wrote:

> It is no doubt too late now, but the axle journals
> on those engines should be polished and greased
> before movement, otherwise the babbitt in the
> brasses will be badly scored. If they have been
> rolled before, the damage has already been done, but
> they should be checked anyway if possible. This
> involves dropping the lubrication cellars and
> polishing rust off the underside of the journal,
> then applying heavy waterproof grease. It is a
> difficult and dirty job, but perhaps the most
> essential part of any restoration. And, of course,
> no long-standing steam locomotive should be picked
> up by the smokebox or boiler, lest the rusty
> smokebox be torn from the frame. That almost
> happened in this recent move:
>
>
http://www.rypn.org/RyPN/articles/viewarticles.asp?filename=080526105537.txt
>
> Fortunately Dave Lathrop showed up at the last
> moment to prevent it, but did not arrive in time to
> see that the journals were polished and greased.
>
> Bob Yarger
> Railway Preservation News (free website)
> www.rypn.org
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>
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>
> --- On Mon, 7/7/08, Lynn Willer <dinwitty@...>
> wrote:
>
> > From: Lynn Willer <dinwitty@...>
> > Subject: Re: [lostengines] 917 departure from
> Roanoke
> > To: lostengines@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Monday, July 7, 2008, 7:58 PM
> > take pics, whatever find out the processes and
> problems
> > moving the
> > engine. Its the lighter of the engines so not that
> > difficult.
> >
> > -Lynn-
> >
> > Richard Jenkins wrote:
> > > I just got off the phone with a reporter from
> the
> > Roanoke Times, who
> > > informed me that N&W 2-8-0 no. 917 will be
> leaving
> > the Virginia Scrap
> > > Iron & Metal yard tomorrow, loaded onto a truck
> > and heading to a new
> > > home in Ohio. The engine has been sold to a
> private
> > individual who
> > > plans to add her to the baggage car and caboose
> he
> > currently has on
> > > display on his property. One down, three to
> go...
> > >
> > > By the way, if any of you are planning to be in
> > Roanoke tomorrow, I
> > > could really use some pics of the move for the
> > website!
> > >
> > > Richard Jenkins
> > >
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