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The Engine House Blog: Engine House News
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Return to essexsteamtrain.com. News and Updates from the Engine House, at the Valley Railroad, in Essex Connecticut. Essex Steam Train and Riverboat. Friends of the Valley Railroad. NERail Photo Archive: Valley Railroad. Search Flickr: Essex Steam Train. Search Youtube: Essex Steam Train. Simple template. Powered by Blogger.
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The Engine House Blog: Hot Stuff!
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Tuesday, July 7, 2015. As part of the 15 year inspection of our No. 40, all 253 boiler tubes were removed from the boiler to enable a minute inspection of its interior. A new set of boiler tubes were purchased to replace the old ones. Here, Kjell anneals the ends of the tubes in our rivet forge. Annealing softens the steel so the tube can be easily expanded into the tube sheets and made steam tight. - J. David. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Return to essexsteamtrain.com. We See What You Did There.
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The Engine House Blog: Only 246 to Go...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2015. Only 246 to Go. A milestone in our rebuilding of No. 40 has been reached: All of the new boiler tubes are in the boiler! Wayne and Kjell, assisted by Morgan and Ron made short work of sliding the tubes into their holes in the front and back tube sheets. Here Kjell lines up a tube in its hole. When all this has been done, No. 40 will be ready for a hydrostatic test of the boiler. - J. David. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Return to essexsteamtrain.com. Only 246 to Go.
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The Engine House Blog: December 2014
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014. The folks in the engine house must have been very good this past year, because Santa Claus dropped off their present a little early! We've documented the construction of the new "Engine House Addition" here - now you can see it in use! Anything that drips off the locomotive eventually finds its way into a 2,500 gallon holding tank which will be pumped out periodicly for proper treatment and/or recycling. We're sure that having this top-notch facility to service and maintain our...
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Caboose Weekends
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Essex Steam Train and Riverboat Ride. Sightseeing Fun with all the. Train & Boat. Schedule & Fares. Friday Night Sunset Cruise. Free Saturday Hi-Rail Rides. Hand on the Throttle. Day Out with Thomas. Passengers from the Past. East Haddam Concert Express. Functions & Charters. Weddings & Receptions. Steam Train & Riverboat Ride. On special weekends, we couple on the Friends of the Valley Railroad’s. May 7-8, June 4-5, July 2-4, Aug 6-7, Sept 3-5, Oct 1-2. Upon its retirement, it was purchased by Mr. a...
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The Engine House Blog: Diesel 1606 Placed in Service
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015. Diesel 1606 Placed in Service. On February 13th, we conducted a test run of our newest Diesel Locomotive, Number 1606, purchased from the US Air Force back in March 2014. Normally, a new piece of motive power is big news around here, but this got a bit buried in the preparation for our annual Eagle Flyer excursion, several snow storms, and the resultant need to plow our line. Fortunately, Lee Carlson took a few photos to commemorate the event! Welcome on board, 1606! Friends...
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The Engine House Blog: How Thick is the Firebox?
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Tuesday, July 7, 2015. How Thick is the Firebox? Our steam locomotive No.40 is in the midst of its 15 year inspection as mandated by Federal Law. This inspection must be completed before No.40 can operate again. One of the requirements is for us to recalculate the maximum pressure every part of the boiler can withstand. To make our calculations, we must measure the actual thickness of all parts of the boiler and firebox. An Ultra-Sonic Thickness Tester is used to make the hundreds of measurements.
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The Engine House Blog: Meet the Goodspeed!
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Thursday, May 14, 2015. We are pleased to announce the arrival of our newest member of the VRR passenger car fleet. Last Friday, the long-awaited arrival of our new First-Class car Goodspeed. Came to fruition. Formerly located in Florida, the car took a circuitous journey to finally be delivered to the Old Saybrook wye by the P&W Railroad. Valley crews brought her home to Track 11 where she now awaits renovations for future First-Class service, adding capacity for our popular North Pole Express.
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The Engine House Blog: Happiness is a Rebuilt Jack
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Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Happiness is a Rebuilt Jack. Visitors often ask: "How on earth do you get under the cars to work on them? Well one method is to jack them up. Of course the jacks we use are not anything you might use to jack up your auto, our cars weigh between 55 and 85 tons, so we need jacks designed for the job. Recently, we had our set of 35 ton, air powered jacks rebuilt, load tested and re-certified. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Return to essexsteamtrain.com. We See What You Did There.
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The Engine House Blog: January 2015
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Friday, January 30, 2015. We pulled out our historic Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington snow plow for the second time ever this week, to clean up the 2' of snow that storm Colbie dropped in Essex and along the CT River in preparation for our Eagle Flyer. Excursions, Feb 14-16. Brad Horrigan / Hartford Courant. We were fortunate to have two media outlets come along for the ride, and the results are in! Hartford Courant: Valley Railroad Plows Snow. WFSB Channel 3: Snow Plow in Essex is on a Unique Mission. Once ...
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