RGS #20 Progress Report
| January 08, 2019 02:04PM |
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Here are some recent photos showing where we stand on reassembling #20. Our goal is to complete the major work on her this spring, and return her to Golden for CRRM to perform the final assembly (brake plumbing, painting, etc.).
Here, Shelley is heating a rivet...
...to rivet the smokebox door ring to the smokebox.
Here, the smokebox is attached to the saddle. The boiler is in the background.
New crosshead guides are made, and are being fitted in place.
The valve gear is going back together. The main driving axle is new, as are the eccentrics. Way easier to work on without the boiler in the way.
Here, Shelley is heating a rivet...
...to rivet the smokebox door ring to the smokebox.
Here, the smokebox is attached to the saddle. The boiler is in the background.
New crosshead guides are made, and are being fitted in place.
The valve gear is going back together. The main driving axle is new, as are the eccentrics. Way easier to work on without the boiler in the way.
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
The NGDF was started by Don Richter and is currently operated in his memory by Nathan Holmes and others. Others who have contributed to the upkeep of this board are (in no particular order): Charles McCandless, Everett Lueck, Ted Wilton, Cole Adams, James Bane, John Moellmer, Jon Bentz, Linn Moedinger, lloyd lehrer, Rod Jensen, John Craft, Steven Forney, Herb Kelsey, Bill Ramaley, Russ Sperry (El Russo Loco), Josh McNeal, John West, Jim Armstrong, Bob Bergstrom, Greg Scholl, Blake Forbes Doug van Veelen and Mark Fuller.