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Post by Spikre on Jun 15, 2015 12:31:24 GMT -8
 Yep,She's back in the saddle again,and looking Great !! mostly shown running in Petersburg. and a nice side story of a couple from Bedford Va,riding the excursion for their 50th wedding aniversery. try wtvr-6 to find a clip or 2. don't know their web address,but they are the local CBS affiliate. this year should be the Start of a few more years of service for 611. Spikre
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Post by valenciajim on Jun 15, 2015 15:26:05 GMT -8
A few more years, but based on what I heard from the folks at the UP facility in Cheyenne a couple of weeks ago, the extensive maintenance probably needs to be done more frequently than in the past to meet federal safety regulations.
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Post by atsfan on Jun 15, 2015 17:51:53 GMT -8
Lots of youtube videos of the Manassas runs recently.
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Post by riogrande on Jun 16, 2015 8:05:32 GMT -8
I should have gone out to see her since she was not far away from where I live - like maybe a mile? Well, hopefully she'll be back next year.
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Post by Paul Cutler III on Jun 25, 2015 6:22:35 GMT -8
Jim,
Yes and no. Part of the new Federal boiler rules changes the inspections from a total time-based one to one based on time-in-use. So instead of a monthly inspection, you have a 30-day-in-use inspection; or instead of an annual inspection, you have 365-day-in-use inspection, and so on. This recognizes that modern operating steam engines generally are not daily beasts of burden like they were back in the steam era. So if a steam engine only gets fired up for 15 weekends a year (30 days), then your "monthly" inspection only takes place once a year.
That being said, the fixes for modern steam engines are now much more extensive and expensive. For example, In yon olden says, a broken staybolt was replaced with a larger one by drilling out the old one and installing a new one (that has to be, of course, thicker). Today, the new rules state that all replacement staybolts must be of the same size as the original, and that all larger staybolts that have been installed in the past must be replaced with original-size staybolts. The reason being that dissimilar staybolts cause uneven expansion and contraction of the firebox and can cause fatigue cracks. To fix a staybolt now means that one has to weld over the old staybolt hole, then drill it out for the replacement.
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Post by mrsocal on Jun 27, 2015 8:50:56 GMT -8
Gang I am a member of the Rial Stream, LLC and one of there live track cams is really hot today. By chance it is one of the free check it out sites. I have a feeling that the NW 611 is going to pass through this intersection and site today. The link is, Railstream,LLC. I hope we all enjoy the train!!
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