The J&L Narrow Gauge Railroad is owned and operated by the Youngstown Steel Heritage Foundation, a 501 (c) 3 tax exempt organization dedicated to preserving the steel industry history of northeast Ohio and western Pennsylvania. We operate a 24" gauge steam demonstration railway at our site in Youngstown, OH.
Old school precision. I had no idea our ancestors used such measurements. Especially to line a machine such as this. Fascinating. Thank you for explaining.
Late night --early morns visited the FINKL MILL IN CHICAGO...SIMILAR FASCINATION.. Arc furnace and pours of pigs etc.. very interesting -- cloud of fumes , sparks , throbbing electrodes and general heavy mill activity.. Hope they saved some of the guts..very old site.. Hmmm.
As close as we can get it. The big thing is making sure the two main bearings are in alignment with each other. If the wires are parallel to within 1/8" over 50 feet, both bedplates are level crosswise and the crankshaft is also level then I think we will have achieved our goals. I have never done this before so lets see how it works out!
Coming along nicely. I can't wait until I can come down and see this engine in person. Having worked maintenance on a five stand 56" temper mill for many years I have some idea on how much power is required to run a rolling mill. The one I worked on used 4 motor generator sets totalling 24,000 hp. I was wondering was this Tod engine used on a rougher or a finishing mill? On the five stand the steel would enter the mill just shy of 1/4" thick at a crawl and come out the other end 11.7 thou thick at 60 mph and 30,000 feet long.
The engine operated a six stand, 24" merchant mill. That mill mostly took blooms and reduced them down to 4 to 5" rounds for the Campbell seamless tube mill.
It simply amazes me that you and you dedicated staff and volunteers are working towards having three out of four steam locomotives on site operational (in various iterations of the word "operational"). It is a gross understatement to say this is no small feat.
Why didn't they get refinancing for the Equipment .. From the Small Business Administration.. That is what I thought Small Business Loans was for things like this old equipment getting new equipment......
It woulda been the best thing in the world if yall had a plot of land in the south side of Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania probably wouldn't give yinz as many problems. Still great to see yinz chugging along I got neighbors who remember the J&L Plant here and they love it when I show them your videos
For now it will just get a new smokebox front and be made operational. Our current priorities are to get the remainder of the track built and the Tod Engine finished. It is still the plan to make the 62 into the non saddletank version and it remains to be seen what that will ultimately look like.
@@YoungstownSteelHeritage Oh wait... Doy! Was that the video where you were saying the boilers were technically over spec? Like, it was supposed to be half inch in the drawings or something but it's really 5/8ths or something along those lines? Or am I misremembering? You'll have to excuse me, it has been a long week! lol
@@ryano.5149 Yes. The firebox was replaced on the 57 and instead of using 3/8" plate such as called for on the drawing, they installed 1/2" plate. The boiler shell is 9/16" which is about 1/8" thicker than the NBIC chart specifies for our operating pressure. The boilers were made thicker to add weight and we are the beneficiary of that decision. The 62 is even heavier with a 3/4" wrapper sheet and 5/8" shell plate. Its boiler card shows a 6.3 factor of safety.
When I first found your site I honestly never thought your ideas, plans,etc. would become a reality. All of you have worked so hard to make my doubts become lost. I worked for a steel company that their presses and forming ring mills where powered by steam. They also had a steam powered hammer. At one time it was possibly the country's largest. They where something to work around when they were running. Today only a small portion of the plant still stands. The hammer is gone, the press is hydraulic and the steam powered mills are gone. I retired years ago. Thank you all for preserving history.
awwww BS. set the number 1 driver at TDC, and git yer timing light out. then loosen up the johnson bar and rotate it to get right at 5 degrees BTDC. tighten er up and call it good.
Hey Rick! Get a volunteer to follow you around for a day shooting video of what you do there. Then edit it together as a "behind the scenes" at the Youngstown Steel Heritage museum! 👍😀😎
Here's a question for you chaps- I've been wanting to make a model of 58 and her sisters (58 in original configuration & now), but I haven't had a single ounce of luck in finding the design prints/working drawings/blueprints (Whatever tickles your fancy). Is there any chance you could point me in the right direction for finding them, or are you just working from what you have in front of you when repairing them?
Thank goodness you've returned to talking about the train again. This means I can come back and start looking at your videos once more. I'm sorry to hurt your feelings but the other stuff isn't that interesting to me like the trains are. Lets hope you spend more times discussing rail related material.
