Images tagged "railroading-heritage"
Kjell Benner from Pennsylvania brought two warthog mills for milling off the welds on the tubes in the firebox of 3985. Milling down the welds helps cut down on the amount of grinding that has to be done. ©AJ Murphy
Full view of one of the DD40's prime movers. The lower row are crankcase access windows, upper row are air box access windows, and top deck. Used for both inspection and for servicing. ©Erik Hoofnagle
Kjell Benner from Pennsylvania brought two warthog mills for milling off the welds on the tubes in the firebox of 3985. Milling down the welds helps cut down on the amount of grinding that has to be done. ©Erik Hoofnagle
Full view of one of the DD40's prime movers. The lower row are crankcase access windows, upper row are air box access windows, and top deck. Used for both inspection and for servicing. ©Erik Hoofnagle
Kjell Benner from Pennsylvania brought two warthog mills for milling off the welds on the tubes in the firebox of 3985. Milling down the welds helps cut down on the amount of grinding that has to be done. ©Erik Hoofnagle
Tame Hydraulic Wrench Carts in the foreground are used for the removal and installation of crankshaft main bearing caps. ©Erik Hoofnagle
Kjell Benner from Pennsylvania brought two warthog mills for milling off the welds on the tubes in the firebox of 3985. Milling down the welds helps cut down on the amount of grinding that has to be done. ©Erik Hoofnagle
Here we have a preventative maintenance inspection being preformed on the crankshaft main bearing. They inspected a couple bearings from the engine. Included in picture is Tame wrench used to remove main bearing caps. ©Erik Hoofnagle
Once the welds were milled the tubes were cut on the backside of the firebox sheet. ©AJ Murphy
Top deck inspection being performed, this is were cylinder heads, mechanical fuel injectors & linkage, valvetrain, cooling water and fuel piping are inspected. ©Erik Hoofnagle
Once the welds were milled the tubes were cut on the backside of the firebox sheet. ©Alex Beams
A sight from above, the dome cover removed from the 5511. ©Alex Beams
Once the welds were milled the tubes were cut on the backside of the firebox sheet. ©Alex Beams
Preparation for super heaters to be removed from the 5511 ©Alex Beams
Prepping pulling devices to pull the tubes from the 3985 boiler. ©Alex Beams
Volunteers working at removing the super heaters from #5511.©Alex Beams
Volunteers assisting in pulling tubes from 3985 boiler. ©AJ Murphy
#5511 Super Heaters removed and carefully stacked and tagged for storage while work continues on the boiler. ©Alex Beams
©AJ Murphy
With the super heaters removed, #5511 is ready for the flue tubes to be removed. ©Erik Hoofnagle
Inside of boiler of the 3985 with some of the tubes removed. ©Alex Beams
©AJ Murphy
©AJ Murphy
Inside of boiler of the 3985 with some of the tubes removed. ©AJ Murphy