#18 [99oct9,18one]
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For the first time in several years, the EBT brought out #18. This is it on Friday, catching some sunshine before the weekend. It was not in operation.
#18 [99oct9,18one]
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For the first time in several years, the EBT brought out #18. This is it
on Friday, catching some sunshine before the weekend. It was not in
operation.
#18 [99oct9,18two]
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At dusk #18's lit headlight became apparent (powered from an external source).
Annual Salute [99oct9,salute]
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At Saturday's Annual Salute, EBT General Manager Stanley Hall is on the radio
with the engine crews while EBT owner Joe Kovalchick addresses the crowd.
Mr. Kovalchick proudly introduced his family, spoke a bit about his recent
travels abroad, and honored the past generations of American patriots with
a 21 whiste salute.
Annual Salute
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At the annual salute all four operable mikes are lined up. This is a
composite of two photos, as even the 28mm lens couldn't get them all in.
From left are #15, #17, #14, and #12.
Annual Salute [99oct9,salute2]
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After the Salute, #17 and #14 wait their turn to head to the station for
boarding.
Foundry [99oct9,foundry1]
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Stored in the foundry are these wooden forms used in casting. They're not
the patterns, but are molds for making the cores that are imbedded into
the sand molds and become the hollow spaces after casting. The cores are
made of a material that allows them to be broken up and cleaned out after
casting.
Foundry [99oct9,foundry2]
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In the north wall of the foundry is this walk-in oven. It may have been
used to anneal the castings, now it's home to the molten metal pots.
Foundry [99oct9,foundry3]
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This is an unidentified piece of equipment in the foundry (an oven for
baking the mold cores before placing them in the sand box?).
Foundry [99oct9,foundry4]
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This is foundry, looking toward the boilerhouse. At left is the hoist
for maneuvering the molds, at center is the iron furnace with oxygen
injectors around the bottom portion. Next is the ladder up to the
platform from which the furnace was charged, and in the right corner is
the smaller high temperature furnace for brass and other metals.
Obvious in this photo is the cleaned floor and gravel paths put down
by the railroad this year.
Blacksmith Shop [99oct9,hammer]
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This steam hammer dominates the blacksmith shop. As a sense of scale, the
ceiling beams through which the steam chest passes is at the height of the
side walls as seen from outside. The working surface is about one square
foot in area. According to the tour guides, this hammer was used (at least
in part) to break up unusable castings so that they could be returned to the
foundry for recycling. For safety, the operator would stand behind the
hammer and reach around the sides to work the control levers.
Blacksmith Shop [99oct9,forges]
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These three forges are spaced along the east and north walls of the
blacksmith shop. The steam hammer is off to the left, past the locomotive
springs laid out on the floor.
Hammer [99oct9,hammer2]
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This is the second hammer in the blacksmith's shop. It is powered by
overhead belt and pulley, fed from an underground shaft from the main shop
building.
Wheel Tools [99oct9,machine1]
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The brake cylinder machine in the foreground I don't know anything about.
Behind it is the huge drill press used to bore out the center of the wheels
to match the axles. Obscured beyond the drill press is the wheel lathe
on which the tires of the wheels (freight, passenger, and locomotive alike)
were turned to the correct profile. Finally in the background are the
two shop tracks, currently inhabited by two of M-7's sisters and another
unused switcher. Along the left edge is the cribbing installed recently
over the main engine and flywheel to support the failing ceiling members, and
to the right of the cribbing is the air compressor.
The yellow tint and harsh shadows are from the new floodlight installed on
the main flywheel cribbing.
Axle Lathe [99oct9,machine2]
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This lathe was used to turn the axles. After turning to the proper tolerance,
they were moved to the hydraulic wheelpress behind it where the wheels were
pressed on.
M1 Interior [99oct9,m1int1]
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Phil Glass at the throttle of M-1 on the wye at Rockhill. Note the underlying
two-tone paint on the ceiling showing through the top coat.
M1 Interior [99oct9,m1int2]
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Phil Glass in the engine room of the M1. The large block on the left wall
is the radiator, and the exhaust is ducted up through the roof to the muffler.
MOW Equipment [99oct9,mow]
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An array of MOW equipment including the Silver Sightseer rides the turntable
for storage overnight in stall 8 of the roundhouse.
Servicing [99oct9,nightserv]
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#14 has its ashes cleaned after a full day work in preparation for the
night train. #15 waits for similar service.
[99oct9,14night]
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The first night train waits in the yard behind #14. It's damp and dreary,
and in about 15 minutes it'll start raining. I was riding a flat car, ugh!
Colgate Grove [99oct9,grove1]
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The mixed freight backs off the main and up the wye at Colgate Grove.
Colgate Grove [99oct9,grove2]
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The mixed train waits at the grove for the following trains to clear the main.
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