The Annual Safety Refresher Training for 2019 will take place on Saturday, January 19 beginning at 09:00.   It will be held at the 412 Plumbers & Pipefitters Union Hall on the SE corner of San Pedro and Zuni in Albuquerque.   It is estimated that the session will last approximately one hour.

Despite a not-so-minor derailment, it was a good year for AT&SF 2926.   We finally saw her fire-up and breathe to life after over 60 years of dormancy.   She has a nice shelter to keep her safe from the elements and harms way.   She has a companion tool car coming in the spring to haul her crew, water treatment chemicals, tools and auxiliary generator to power modern passenger cars.   And she has the best fan-base and supporters in the whole-wide-world ! The 2926 crew wishes you all the Happiest of Holidays !

The Longbeards of 2926 have been busy in their foundry this year casting these authentic replicas of AT&SF 2926's Tender Badges which can be found on the Engineer's (right) side of the tender and the rear of the tender.   They're made of 30 ounces of solid brass and are true-to-scale in every way except they are made without the mounting ears.   They are individually stamped on the back with an unique serial number and the Longbeards only plan to make 100 of them - and they have already sold a dozen or so.   So, get your's while you can (there are only four available at this time) before Pres. Hartshorne finds out and puts them back to work on the locomotive !   Cost is $110.00 USD each including domestic shipping.

Photo by Ron Hawkins 6-29-73 Los Angeles, CA

The Tool Car Project is alive and well !   Our very own NMSX 3939 (formerly RPCX 3939), is still in Bellevue, Ohio and will most likely be ready to come to it's new home here in Albuquerque this spring.   We've raised enough money to purchase it, make it rail-worthy and get it shipped to New Mexico, but we still a need a little more funding to finish refurbishing the inside with creature-comforts, a generator and our high-volume air compressor to assist with cold-starts when 2926 finally hits the road.   We also plan to give it a nice, new exterior paint job.   We're so close to finishing the funding on this endeavor, so please consider a generous donation this Christmas and help us get across the finish line !