A major milestone in the restoration of The Spirit of Altoona has been met! Our engineering work revealed that some of the firebox sheets were too thin and while a new Belpaire-type firebox is being designed and constructed with enhancements to meet modern safety standards, our plan is to reuse the backhead, door sheet, and rear flue sheet which were previously fabricated for the locomotive. This video features our first step in removing the crown sheet and reducing the firebox down to the mudring.
Read more about our progress here in this article from Trains Magazine: www.trains.com...
15 авг 2024