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To the most amazing, beautiful, charming, most wonderful
Girlfriend in the whole world..... Happy Birthday to you, my
Sweet... Your my Better Half, my Angel on Earth.. Thank you for
being a part of my life.. Smooches..
Love Ya Bunches and
bunches... |
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Well welcome to the 2nd week of January Update, not much else of my
regular life, just Trains.. hope you enjoy this update.... Here is
the Pilot Truck of 488. |
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Monday Jan 17th 2005... Still a
little cold, snow on the ground and quite frosty. We sent over a set
of wheels to be re-profiled in the Chama Shop, he comes Marvin with
the axle. |
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The Antonito Depot looks a little cold today... Pretty
cool how we move those axles Huh, |
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Wednesday Jan 19th 2005... A look
at the Antonito Yards, A little snow and Blue Skies.
The Antonito Water Tank and the Track Crew Shed. |
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A few views of the Antonito Depot. |
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Here is a freshly Profiled set of wheels.. That's the
Ballast Regulator and Spud Liner.
And the Pettibone Machine. |
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Thursday Jan 20th 2005... A view
of the yards from the Coal Pile, I took these pictures when I went
out to get a load of Coal for the Roundhouse stove in the Shop, We
understand they are going to finally install new Heaters in the
Antonito Shop... according to the info we got, they will be ready
for use in June or July... |
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Roadmaster Max Pacheco brought over a newly Profiled wheel set..
We unloaded it right away, so Max could get back to Chama. |
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With Ronnie at the controls, we are moving the Wheel set into the
shop. We use straps to move the wheels, they are easier to
use and will not scratch the Journals or bearings on the wheels like
chains can. |
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You are looking at the installed Valve and Piston on 488's Engineers
side. |
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Now we are inside the smokebox of 488, the reddish thing to the
right is the Petticoat Pipe. And you can see the Super-Heater Units
to the left. They start in the rear and go smaller to bigger
as they go down on the flue sheet during installation. Each Colored
arrow is either a intake or exhaust on the Super Heater Unit, steam
comes from the Super Heater Header into the Super Heater Unit thru
the pipes thru the Flue where it is heated by the exhaust gases and
out of the other end of the Super Heater Unit, back into the Super
Heater Header and down to the cylinders where it powers the
Locomotive. |
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You are looking up into the Smokebox, the reddish item with the
"Green Star" is the petticoat pipe that drives the exhaust steam and
smoke out of the smokebox. it is bolted to the top of the smokebox.
The "Red Arrows" point to the Steam lines that carry steam from the
Super Heater Header to the Cylinders. |
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Now once again we are in the Smokebox, the "Blue Star" is the
Petticoat Pipe, The "Green Arrow" is the Steam Assisted Blower line
from the cab controlled by the Fireman and the "Red Arrow" is the
Blower Ring that takes steam and gets it into the petticoat pipe
providing Draft when the Locomotive is sitting still. The "Red
Pointer" is the Base and this where steam exiting from the
cylinder.. exhaust steam.. comes up and out of the Smokebox thru the
petticoat pipe. All four Exhaust ports from the Locomotive meet
under this base and go out and up. The "Blue Pointer" is the actual
exhaust port. In between where you see the Gap is a still missing
part called the cyclone, the cyclone is a collection of plates or
vanes that provide a tornado like effect drafting the fire and
causing a partial vacuum in the smokebox drafting air thru the fire
and out the smokebox. |
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You are looking at the Pilot Truck of 488, the Locomotive is
actually jacked up a little off the Trucks. |
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You are under the front of the Locomotive where the Number 1 Driver
wheel would be, the "Red Arrows" are the Pistons and Rods coming out
of the Brake Cylinders. Those Banana shaped devices are driven by
the brake cylinders and turn Vertical Motion into Horizontal motion
to pull the brake rods under the locomotive to apply the brakes. |
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You are looking at the Number One Driver of 488, it has been dropped
into the pit. The crown brass box is on the journal and in place.
Follow the "Blue Arrow" and that is the Crown Brass box, you can see
the the grooves where the Shoe and Wedge fit and secure and adjust
the box in the frame of the Locomotive. Now the "Red Arrow" points
to the Grease Cellar, this is where grease sits on a spring loaded
plate and is feed thru a spring to the contact surface of the
journal to provide lubrication. You can also see 2 pins running left
to right that hold the Grease Cellar in place. |
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A view under the Number 1 Driver Wheel to the front Pilot Trucks. |
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Between the Frame of the Locomotive looking to the left side of the
frame of the locomotive, the "Red Star" is right where the center of
the wheel or axle would be. |
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You are laying flat and looking up into the Brake Cylinders of 488,
The "Red Arrows" are the rods coming out of the Pistons. |
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Looking up into the Cylinder of 488. |
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A shot looking back towards the connecting rods and the number 2
Driver Wheel. |
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Once again the Front Brake Cylinders... when the Brakes apply "Red
Arrows" the piston rods come down, the Banana shaped device pivots
and pulls the "Green Arrows" forward.... got it... |
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A shot of the Front Flue Sheet Rivets... these rivets were all
applied by the Shop Crew in Chama. These Rivets Hold the Front Flue
Sheet or front Boiler Wall in place. |
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A look at the Expansion link of 488's right side. |
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A look at the Drivers. |
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Here is 488's Cab, the interior is rebuilt, the exterior will be
re-lettered and painted later. |
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Now we are in the Machine Shop. Here is a set of freshly turned
wheels for the the Antonito Shop. |
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487's nose and the 488 to the left in the background. |
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A Passenger Car that still needs to be turned. |
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This is the Machine that we use to re-profile the Passenger Car
wheels. |
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Here is Locomotive Truck ready for some work. |
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Locomotive 488 has its front end open. |
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Here is the Front Flanger Cylinder, just like a brake cylinder that
controls the Flnagers on the front end... the "Red Arrow" is
pointing to the locking pin that holds the Flangers up. To use them
you actually apply them, release the safety latch, then when you
release them, they fall downward. |
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Look at that, a 55 gallon drum of metal shavings from the all the
Machining. |
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Now we are looking at a Crown Brass Box being machined to fit a
Journal. |
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Some of the Items made in the Chama Shop. |
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A look at the left Expansion Link. |
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487's tail end in the Chama Shop. |
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487 in the Chama Shop, they were supposed to give 487 a complete
running gear rebuild, I will let you know what's happening when I
find out. |
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Can't see to well, but the builders numbers are stamped on the
boiler here. |
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A look at the New Staybolt Caps and Staybolts. |
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488's interior, that will be where the Engineers Seat sits. |
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And last, here is a picture of the Insulation on 488's boiler, I
messed around with the picture so you would have a little more
detail. |
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Thanks to my Mr.
Jussi Tepponen, Chief of Operations, Jokioinen Railway Museum,
Finland.. for all the photos and more to come on later updates, feel
free to visit:
www.jokioistenmuseorautatie.fi
Check out the Picture closely, there is
some sausages warming on the steam pipes there, I love it. |
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Here's number 6 and its a Wood Burner. it
was built in 1909. |
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Locomotive Number 4 in the shops. |
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Number 4 looking like a Million Dollars,
and it was built in 1947 in Belgium if I am correct. |
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A shot of some the Crew. |
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Locomotive is working hard as she passes a
Gentleman working on replacing ties on a siding. Number 5 is a 2-8-2
Tank Locomotive. |
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Moving number 4 out of the shops. |
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Locomotive Number 6, loading up with wood.
Thanks to my Mr.
Jussi Tepponen for all the picture's. Well thats all
for this week, keep your eyes open for more from the 488 in chama
and I will try to get a few of 489 also.. Take Care and Best Wishes. |
