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Trains News Wire EXCLUSIVE: Northern Pacific 4-6-0 may return to steam this year
Is the boiler really supposed to be that high above the wheels?
Any intelligent person knows to document with photos, etc., the dismantling of a complicated piece of machinery, particularly if the “original owner’s manual” is no longer available.
Good luck on the effort of restoration guys!! >:)
Now if only one of the three NP steamers in St. Paul (at the MN Transportation Museum) could be brought back, then we’d have NP steam on both ends of the railroad.
@ DAVID G HAWKINS from MASSACHUSETTS said:
Is the boiler really supposed to be that high above the wheels?
The first picture the Smokebox is way up with the boiler in front, and that’s not the way it will be when finished. That said; older (pre 1930’s) engines do have their boilers up off the frame on the bigger Locos.
Yes, an engine with to trailing truck tends to be high mounted. Remember, this engine had work on springs, and it has parts missing, such as boiler tubes. By the time it is filled with water for steaming, it will settle down noticibly.
Yes, an engine with no trailing truck tends to be high mounted. Remember, this engine had work on its springs, and it has parts missing, such as boiler tubes. By the time it is filled with water for steaming, it will settle down noticibly.
I was in Toppenish a month ago volunteering on another project. I was impressed with how much Andy’s team has gotten done. They have a lot of momentum and manpower doesn’t seem to be an issue. I do worry about them being just short of enough money to finish it. Perpetual problem for these efforts. It is well worth suporting.
My feelings are really going to be hurt if that NP steams up. I lived a block away from the NP Mainline through Spokane, WA as a kid and enjoyed watching the trains. But… my dad worked on the Great Northern for 25 years and I did three summers on a track “sled” gang in the Palouse country so my heart is with the GN. So far as I know there are no GN steam engines in service. I’ve written to Warren Buffet (owner of BNSF) twice pointing out that he is the only Class 1 without a steam program but I guess I’m not getting through to him. There is a beautiful locomotive in Wishram, Washington that has to be a candidate for restoration.