Re: Rio Grande multiple tenders 346 & 463
| December 11, 2007 07:07AM |
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mfmalk Wrote:
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> Bill, you are correct about Strasburg rebuilding
> the #346 tender. The wood is
> completely rotted out, and will be replaced with a
> new steel frame. The current operating steam
> engine fleet at Strasburg all run tenders rebuilt
> the same way, all wood replaced with steel.
Well actually... The tender frame for #346 is being replaced “in kind”, douglas fir for the longitudinals, and oak for the end beams morticed and tenoned together, just like the old frame. Here, Joe Neuman prepares the frame for assembly.
Some of the wooden end beams on our tenders have been replaced with steel. Otherwise, the “fleet” runs with its original tender frames, steel with wooden decks.
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> Bill, you are correct about Strasburg rebuilding
> the #346 tender. The wood is
> completely rotted out, and will be replaced with a
> new steel frame. The current operating steam
> engine fleet at Strasburg all run tenders rebuilt
> the same way, all wood replaced with steel.
Well actually... The tender frame for #346 is being replaced “in kind”, douglas fir for the longitudinals, and oak for the end beams morticed and tenoned together, just like the old frame. Here, Joe Neuman prepares the frame for assembly.
Some of the wooden end beams on our tenders have been replaced with steel. Otherwise, the “fleet” runs with its original tender frames, steel with wooden decks.
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