What fun for us to see! Congratulations Rick on securing these two pieces of history! What a fine addition to your operation! Thanks for your in-depth dialogue about these two engines. I remain most impressed with your work ethic and your knowledge. I've followed you since video #1. As you said: "Clear track ahead." I salute you, Sir!
Eventually there will be 4 of these. My brain is going too fast to think straight. Some day a lash up of 4 all steaming! Expansion in the thought pattern down the road? Interesting. So for now it will be 4 steam locomotives saved and able to steam. Great!
The museum will need much more land to lay track. It will be 4 steam engines plus at least one diesel engine. Plus all the different cars those engines will tow around.
Hi Rick. Well I thoroughly enjoy the rebuild of the first one so I’m ready for the new rebuilds as you do an absolutely fantastic job 👍🏻 Cheers Stevie 😎🏴
Rick is no longer interested in saving the SDP45. He'd rather dedicate more of his time on the J&L narrow gauge. I do recall him mentioning on Facebook that he's looking for another group to take over ownership of the SDP45, But that is all i know. I may be wrong here
@@kevinjennerproductions2024 There were a lot of people and myself who donated money for the SDP-45 to buy and relocate to Youngstown, is that money be used to buy narrow gage, if so maybe Rick should return our money. I was really looking forward to the SDP coming to Y-Town.
Congrats to bringing 2 more home, time to plan on a turntable into a 4 stall engine house. EDIT: As picturesque that would be these precious engines should be stored in separate locations in case of fire.
I think you could get away with painting the inside of each engines cabs green and red as a homage to these previous colours, but that's just the dream of some guy on the internet in Australia. As someone who's done volunteering work on ng steam here I'm excited to see everything you're doing moving leaps and bounds even if I'm too far away to lend a hand myself
This sure is much cooler than the 1/64 th scale 0-4-0's I work on ! Thanks for explaining how drifting system works ! I hope to visit ! They are awesome !
We put rivet heads on our tender at Monticello Railroad Museum, they have a very short shoulder on the under side that spots weld to the surface you are applying it to, you use a spot where tool to apply them. They look like they are the real thing, just make your row and spot them on.
Hi Rick love the two locomotives i think they are a fine locomotives for the collection and wish you the best for the railway and your dream of 3 running, Keep up the excellent work on the site and the railway i find it really intresting in what you are acheving
Good luck on the rebuild of these two locomotives. We are in the middle of a 1472 days / 15 year inspection / rebuild of a standard gauge Mikado, SPX-745 in New Orleans.
Yall going to keep 57 red and 60 green? I know it's likely not what they ran in originally, but it'd be an interesting way to differentiate between these two and 58. ; )
Awesome! It would be pretty unique to have all 4 running in the long run. Not many fallen flag railroads or corporations can be represented by all of the survivors being operational
In order to see the Clover Leaf and Numbers on the boiler, consider brushing on a little acid (hydrochloric works well) and photograph with a little side light. Hydrochloric acid can be washed away with water... Please use gloves and face mask so that no splashes can damage the skin.
Aren't those oilers called "dash pots"? The originals were invented by a black gentleman, Mr. McCoy from whence the expression "its the real McCoy" comes from.
So basically 57 is an original representation of the earlier built Porters for the J&L, 60 is an original representation of the middle series, and then 58 is a hotrod. I like it, not really sure where 62 will fit in on that list since it is in about the shape that 58 was in, but maybe there's enough of it there to make an original representation of the last series of Porters built for the J&L.
Great to see such enthusiasm to get the old girl back in steam. One thing that is puzzling me is, what are the thick metal plates that are attached to the front of the smoke box with the smoke box door on the other side ? It seem to be unnecessary as the smoke box has a saddle support.
Will you build the engine house before you start work on the locomotives? Also how much track do you plan on laying? Will you have enough space to run 4 locomotives at once?
Rick: 60 seems to be more intact, but both locomotives are worthy of restoration, assuming money is available. Which loco will be restored to operation, and will one be used as a parts source? Any chance all three would resume service? Can't wait to see what you undertake over winter.
It looks like #60, the green boiler may have had the boiler protected from the elements a bit better because of the paint. Of course, not being able to see it close up, I can't tell how pitted they are.
@@USASteamProductions That's so cool here's an interesting fact The HK Porter company manufactured a few of their own diesel locomotives as well one of these is operating on the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad in Colorado
