Hi, all -
My good friend Al Phillips of the Tennessee Valley Railway Museum recently sent me a
few photos taken earlier this month by his co-worker Mike Ray on the occasion of #4501
being moved outside the shop for the first time in years and re-coupled to her tender. Un-
less my ancient eyes deceive me, that's "Uncle Al" standing at the rear corner of the tender
in this first photo
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Copyright © 2014 by Mike Ray, TVRM - ALL Rights Reserved.
Copyright © 2014 by Mike Ray, TVRM - ALL Rights Reserved.
Copyright © 2014 by Mike Ray, TVRM - ALL Rights Reserved.
Copyright © 2014 by Mike Ray, TVRM - ALL Rights Reserved.
Note the addition of a Worthington feedwater heater at the top of the smokebox; the hot water pump is mounted below. Another improvement is the addition of a stoker - the heads of the stoker engine's cylinders can be seen below the cab, still in red primer.
Per Al, there will be a steam test "soon"
...
- Russ
p.s. For a few more photos of #4501, taken during my visit with Al just one year ago, see [
ngdiscussion.net] and [
ngdiscussion.net]. And for a much better photo of a much younger Al, see [
ngdiscussion.net].