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 
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