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"At The Throttle" |
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Bassett is the Executive Director of the White Pine Historical Railroad Foundation,
operator of the Nevada Northern Railway Museum. He can be reached at the museum
(775) 289-2085 ext. 7 or e-mail: director@nnry.com |
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Locomotive
93 with all of the drivers and pistons removed.
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This
is how you remove the tire from a locomotive wheel. You heat it up, it
expands, you tap it with a hammer, and it's off.
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Wheel
center with the axle and pin removed. It has been refinished.
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An
axle being turned in Salt Lake City.
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Wheel
set with refurbished wheel centers and pins ready for the tires.
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New
spring beam and pins with the refurbished shoes and wedges. The drive
box goes in the middle.
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The
refurbished eccentrics, ready for installation. These are mounted on driver
set three.
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excellent example of old parts, new parts. The pin is new, the nut and
washer were reused.
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Tire
being turned.
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Axle
being turned.
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The
drive boxes ready for assembly.
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Wheel
set being prepared for installation. The drive box is being installed
on the axles by Christopher Minnier under the supervision of Gary North.
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Gary
North turning pins on an original belt driven lathe in the Nevada Northern
Railway Machine Shop.
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Unloading
a wheel set in the machine shop using the overhead crane.
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Four
tires ready to go back on. These are the original tires; they have been
turned inside and out.
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Number
three driver set being installed under locomotive 93. Visible is the pit
jack raising the driver set.
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A
side rod being installed; it's hanging from the overhead crane. Jesse
Colvin is giving hand signals while Joe Baxter and Gary North are lining
it up.
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Getting
ready to install the throttle. Al Gledhill, Shop Forman, is in the steam
dome being assisted by Jesse Colvin.
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One
of the eight drive boxes showing the side bearing brass.
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