Diesel Service Report, August 15, 2022 SF560 Restoration When both trucks were pulled out from under the locomotive, it was obvious that the wheel flanges were way too tall and…
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Diesel Service Report, July 31, 2022 SF560 Restoration In the last report, we mentioned that the wheels had flanges that were too tall and needed to be turned down….
Diesel Service Report, July 3, 2022 SF5704 Restoration As has been well documented on social media over the past few months, SF5704 has been reconfigured and repainted back to its…
Diesel Service Report, May 15, 2022 John Salvini and Richard Berk have finished their work on the SF560 Opposed Piston Diesel engine and are now focusing on maintenance issues associated…
Diesel Service Report, March 28, 2022 UP942, EMD E8 Locomotive UP942 has two Diesel engines. The forward engine powers the front truck, and the rear engine powers the rear truck….
Diesel Service Report, March 14, 2022 SP1006 SW1 Repair The locomotive was reported to not being able to move. The term for that is “Not Loading”. John Stumreiter tracked the…
Diesel Service Report, February 10, 2022 SF560 Restoration Project Yesterday, the locomotive was started and run back and forth between Carbarn 7 and Carbarn 4 to test all systems and…
Diesel Service Report, January 23rd, 2022 SP 3100 When our GE U25B arrived at the museum in the early 1990’s, it was rumored to have cooling problems. After using it…
Diesel Service Report, December 4th, 2021 SF560 Restoration Project When the project was first announced, we asked for suggestions from fund donors as to what paint scheme they would prefer….
Diesel Service Report, November 18th, 2021 The SF5704 Bicentennial EMD SD45-2 Stephen Priest, the project Founder and Coordinator, reported that most of the restoration metal work has been completed. The…
