API | Measuring the North Pole Express | Steam Railroading Institute 

API helps save Christmas!
In the heart of Michigan, a piece of real-word (and Hollywood) history is being meticulously restored to its former glory. The Pere Marquette 1225, the historic steam locomotive modeled by Warner Bros. and Robert Zemeckis for The Polar Express, is undergoing a significant restoration process, guided by the Steam Railroading Institute and the precision measurement expertise of the Globally Local team of Real Metrologists at API Services. Using Radian Laser Tracker, API Services was able to support this ambitious project by bringing going onsite to avoid component disassembly; measuring “as-found” dimensions of bearing boxes, shoes, wedges, and wear plates; and Reverse Engineering a CAD model from that data for new part production. Read the full story here:
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