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…
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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…
Diesel Service Report, November 2nd, 2021 Day Out with Thomas Event (DOWT) After skipping our annual DOWT event in 2020, it is back this year. It will be held November…
Diesel Service Report, October 20th, 2021 ATSF 5704 EMD SD45-2 Restoration The cosmetic restoration of Santa Fe SF5704 Bicentennial EMD SD45-2, continues in Kansas City. There is no identified schedule…
Diesel Service Report, October 6th, 2021 ATSF 5704 EMD SD45-2 After a long period of behind the scenes work by a lot of people, it has now been announced that…
Diesel Service Report, September 25th, 2021 SF560 Fairbanks Morse H12-44 Restoration Project Richard Berk and John Salvini have finished installing the exhaust manifolds. During that process, they noticed corrosion pitting…
Diesel Service Report, September 4th, 2021 SF560 Fairbanks Morse H12-44 Restoration Project Previously, both exhaust manifolds had been removed due to leaking water jackets. They were repaired and are now…
