Happy Birthday, Gunns!

[fitz]

Happy Birthday, Kevin. I put this on the BNSF forum hoping you had some news of the 2926 to tell us. :teeth:

[BoxcabE50]

Cool! Happy Birthday! Is he celebrating, by spending time working on the steamer?

:D

Boxcab E50

[BNSF FAN]

Happy Birthday Kevin! Stay young!

[Stourbridge Lion]

:thumbs_up: :thumbs_up: :thumbs_up: :thumbs_up:

[Gunns]

Thanks all,

So far 51 feels just like 31 (Grin).
As to the 2926, real life has struck, my work (I fix the stuff the ATCs break at the FAA site ZAB) is curretly under staffed. We have 6 certified techs to handle 24 hr operations (whe need 14), and my current shift rotation has just now come around to where I can spend some time at the site.
As for the work, final preperation is progressing for the reassembly of the tender is in progress. A ground level water fill system has been installed and all the painting that we wont be able to do after assembly is being done. Work has been slowed by the coldest winter in 30 years. We had a record breaking snow fall over the holidays (allmost two feet at the site) and snow on 5 Fridays in a row. As allways we are firmly resisting the temptation to hurry the work, Our goal is to get it right the first time as this saves time in the long run. As for fun stuff we cleaned the dynamo and ran it up on air pressure, it runs great, makes power and has been sealed up pending the boiler work. we are also working on the replacment patterns for various data plates and builders plates, victems of the park years.
more photos in a month,
Kevin

Here is a overhead shot from Google earth, it is about twoand a half years old, the oil bunker is out and the tender has not yet been removed from the trucks.
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/528/work_site.jpg