American Steam Railroad’s Forrest Nace explains all the work done in our latest video update. Highlights include: -On both sides of the firebox, measurements were taken of the area between the side sheets. This will allow us to cut the material needed for the 554 staybolts. -Old grease and oil were removed from the crosshead … November 2019 Restoration Update
American Steam Railroad’s Forrest Nace explains the work that has been done in October. – The remaining cylinder cock valves were removed and inspected. Damage was detected with the spring pin inserts needing to be fixed. – The cylinder barrels and piston rods were polished. A light coat of oil and grease applied to protect … October 2019 Restoration Update
American Steam Railroad’s Forrest Nace explains all the work done in our latest video update. Highlights include: -Our big event this month was the Ross Rowland dinner, where we hosted over 50 guests that came to listen about Ross’ experiences on the high iron behind steam. We like to extend a big thank you to … September 2019 Video Update
Work continues on the firebox of Reading Company 2100. Here is your November 2018 video update.
Work continues on the firebox of Reading Company 2100. Here is your October 2018 video update.
Work continues on the firebox of Reading Company 2100. Watch the video to see the latest progress being made to get the boiler back in service for Reading 2100.
Saturday, February 10th proved to be an interesting day with several benchmarks completed on the firebox side sheet replacement project. ASR members finalized several tasks including: removing some piping obstacles for stay bolt removal, grinding welds smooth on the stay bolt heads, all stay bolt caps have been removed in the defined area, all 450+ … Major benchmarks met in February
