Diesel Service Report, Sept 12th, 2020 SF560 Project One of the most important decisions that we must make on the project is the selection of the paint scheme that will…
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Diesel Service Report, Sept 5th, 2020 ATSF 560 Fairbanks Morse Our FM H12-44M locomotive was started for the first time in 30 years. Once it was running, the commutators in…
Diesel Service Report, July 21st, 2020 John Salvini spent the whole day working on the Fairbanks Morse locomotive, cleaning and inspecting what he could gain access to. He did an…
Diesel Service, July 18th, 2020 SF560 (Fairbanks Morse 1956, H12-44M) During the week, John Salvini continued cleaning the engine blower. He finished cleaning and wiping down the input to the…
Diesel Service Report, July 11th, 2020 USAF 1601 When 1601 arrived at the museum several years ago, there were two traction motors that were not functional. Both had been electrically…
Diesel Service Report, July 4th, 2020 SP1006 The locomotive was scheduled for operations for both Saturday and Sunday. The museum was open for visitors over the holiday and SP1006…
Diesel Service Report, June 27th 2020 SF560, Santa Fe Fairbanks Morse Model H12-44M Work continues to investigate the restoration of this historic locomotive. Assuming that the Fairbanks Diesel engine operates as…
Diesel Service Report, June 20th, 2020 Fairbanks Morse H12-44M, AT&SF 560 Our investigation for the restoring the locomotive continues. Last week we identified that all 12 fuel injection pumps were…
Diesel Service Report, Section 1, June 13th, 2020 This week’s report will be issued as two separate reports. This initial report will cover the weeks activities on all the locomotives…
Diesel Service Report, June 6th, 2020 Volunteers working on projects this week were Taka Saki, Frank Kunsaitis, Doug Newberry, Carl Pickus, Tom Platten, John Salvini, and Richard Berk. USAF 7441…
