ATSF Announcement from NMSL&RHS (2926)

Thank you again for these photo updates. Quite a masterful bit of cutting torch work on the cab braces. Robert

 

Grin,

Years ago it was a car swallowing puddle, many truckloads of gravel has been dumped in to the low spot. Now a shadow of its former shelf, it is no longer capable of flooding your floorboards.

This is New Mexico, even the Rio Grande is mostly knee deep.

Grin,
Kevin

 

Look at the cab work, wow.

http://www.nmslrhs.org/Photos/2013/07-13/index.html

Regards,
Kevin

 

Cat = supervisor..... In this batch, look at the cab support bracket rebuild.

http://www.nmslrhs.org/Photos/2013/07-20/index.html

Regards,
Kevin

 

That cat looks like a definite supervisor!

 

Cats are very hard headed.....

 

More photos,

http://www.nmslrhs.org/Photos/2013/07-27/index.html

http://www.nmslrhs.org/Photos/2013/08-03/index.html

Also this announcement from the main page;

When will The WHEELS Museum, ABQ Rail Yards and
AT&SF 2926 finally be ready for regular business?
The development of the WHEELS Museum along with the rest of the Albuquerque Rail Yards may appear as an elusive dream to some, but that dream is very much alive! In fact, the WHEELS Museum already exists and occasionally hosts special functions while growing continually in its assets and its supporters. Even more importantly, the City of Albuquerque is actively pursuing its vision of "Adaptive Renewal" of the Albuquerque Rail Yards thus increasing the prospects of the WHEELS Museum and AT&SF 2926 ultimately taking up permanent residence there.

Meanwhile, AT&SF 2926 is seeing the light at the end its own tunnel as the NMSL&RHS Board of Directors announces a lofty, yet do-able goal:

Complete the restoration of AT&SF 2926 by June 2015, follow-up with a year of "running trials" and get ready for a summer 2016 excursion!

The completion of AT&SF 2926 does not depend upon the parallel efforts of the WHEELS Museum nor the city's efforts with the ABQ Rail Yard Development . . . it only depends upon YOU!

Click HERE to help us make it happen!

 

Your meticulous attention to details, e.g. the parts tags, is very impressive. No doubt this engine will run again. Out of curiosity, is Karl Rethswich still associated with the 2912 group? He was pretty instrumental in the beginning of their restoration. Unfortunately it did not continue.

 

The caps are chasing us in our dreams.... It is a grind, but the end in sight makes it endurable.
As for the Pueblo group, I have to plead ignorance, sorry.

New photos,

http://www.nmslrhs.org/Photos/2013/08-10/index.html

And

http://www.nmslrhs.org/Photos/2013/08-17/index.html

In the photo with the two of us wrestling with the "T" handle I am the on the left. The cap did finally run through the die, chalk one up for stubbornness.

Regards,
Kevin

 

Yeah, "Paint it black" was a good one. Nice to see you featured, Kevin. Thanks for keeping us up to date with the progress on 2926.

 

Here are the latest set.

The dynamo is demonstrated.

http://nmslrhs.org/Photos/2013/08-24/index.html

Regards,
Kevin

 

It just keeps on getting better. Those cab mounting fixtures, they were some of the things that were stolen on the break-in and then fabbed new? I see a lot about the slack adjusters--not sure I ever heard about these before, and I would ask about their function. Probably to adjust slack, eh? No seriously, do they have to do with run-in slack from the train?

 

The cab mount brackets were stolen and the new ones fabricated as copies of the ones we borrowed from the 2912 in Pueblo.

The slack adjusters are the adjustment device for the brakes, on the drivers, they set the gap between the brake shoes and the surface of the driving wheels, allowing adjustment for wear on the components.

It seems like there are millions of parts to the big machine.

Regards,
Kevin