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.…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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Mid-America Car Returns Engine 5704 to its 1976 Red, White and Blue Splendor for Southern California Railway Museum KANSAS CITY, MO., AND PERRIS, CALIF., March 2, 2022 – Donated by…
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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…
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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.…
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