NNG: Knight Foundry casting locomotive brake shoes -- photos
| February 26, 2024 05:36AM |
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Knight Foundry in Sutter Creek CA is occasionally mentioned at the NGDF, but its been some time, and these are great photos of a process that was more common 'back in the day'. . 
There are multiple photos of the casting process at that link. I'm linking one of those here -- this is the pattern for one of the brake shoes that were cast:
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- Graham
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/26/2024 05:46AM by Rader Sidetrack.
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Operating historical railroad equipment comes with many complications; one being the availability or lack thereof of spare and consumable parts like cast iron brake shoes for steam engines. With members that volunteer at both museums, a wonderful collaboration between our Niles Canyon Railway and the Knight Foundry in Sutter Creek, CA, came to being.
The Knight Foundry is a preserved late 1800s foundry and machine shop. It is the last of its kind to be fully water powered. The foundry remains active in casting and offered to help cast new brakes shoes for our steam locomotive. This process took place on January 20, 2024 with members of our NCRy on site to watch and document the process from start to finish.
See this page: [www.ncry.org]
There are multiple photos of the casting process at that link. I'm linking one of those here -- this is the pattern for one of the brake shoes that were cast:
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- Graham
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/26/2024 05:46AM by Rader Sidetrack.
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