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Our mission is to fully restore the Baldwin 4-8-4 Steam Locomotive, AT&SF No. 2926, to operational status. After over a decade of effort by an eclectic and dedicated volunteer staff of Doctors, Scientists, Engineers, Skilled Tradesmen and others, the Tender is finished. And now, the Board of Directors has announced the goal of finishing the Locomotive by the fall of 2015 in preparation for a year of running trials. We are more confident than ever that the thunder of 2926 and the wail of her whistle will be heard soon again as she makes her way from town-to-town.
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Another New Member Safety Orientation will be held 9:00 AM Saturday 12/14/2013 in the Reefer Car on-site. |
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PSWRA's New Years Super Chief Excursion Announcement! |
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Nikon Professional Photographer Team pays AT&SF 2926 a visit. Click HERE to see the Photos & Video. |
A panoramic photo inside the Fire Box by Ron T.
This view looks towards the front of the engine while standing in the firebox. In the foreground are visible the "Wishbone" shaped heater tubes that increase efficiency by directly transferring a lot of the thermal energy generated by combustion to the water circulating in the boiler. In the background, the Flue Tube Sheet (lots of holes) can be seen which will soon contain tubes carrying the combustion exhaust through the rest of the boiler forward to the stack, transferring even more thermal energy to the water inside. The fuel-spray nozzle is the small, rectangular object poking into the floor near the bottom-center. Visible along the walls is the myriad of stay-bolts - which suspend the firebox in the boiler's bath of water, thus preventing the metal from reaching melting temperatures. Also visible are the yellow grid-lines and annotations covering the surface of the walls; nearly a couple thousand ultra-sonic wall-thickness measurements were made (inside & out) to insure the structural integrity of the boiler. All questionable areas were cut-out and replaced some time ago. The "room" is almost large enough to seat a table of six comfortably!