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Lynx Wood Gasifier Boiler Part 2

admin — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:48:08 +0000

The boiler needed to be suspended because of the way the fan mounts. Making the whole unit look like a BB-Q makes it a bit more house friendly. Its also a good way to tidy up all the controls, steam engine, water reservoir into one accessible place. I sure learned that anymore than two pounds of wood is unnecessary. With four pounds and fan on high it looks like a Mig 15 afterburner. Next is the tedious fitting of the tubing, and controls, then more testing, refinements.

Duration : 0:7:21

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(HD) Steam Boat with engine running on air the S. L. Dorey by Jim Tangeman

admin — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:50:07 +0000

**KEEP STEAM ALIVE**
Video showing Jim Tangeman trouble shooting on his Steam Boat the S.L. Dorey on 12/27/08. Steam Engine is a modified Stuart 5a. Jim recently installed a Seperator Drum with recirculation to this boiler. Its great to see all the moving parts of a steam engine exposed. Sorry about the air-compressor noise in the background.

Duration : 0:3:23

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Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad Steam locomotive Disassembly.

admin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:46:14 +0000

This is a video i worked on all day on it started early this morning when we first moved willamette locomotive rayonier # 2 outside to have some parts removed we started removing large parts mainly the airtank,tender,CAB, and other parts This video shows this process of removal first we remove the pipes, then we remove the tender and place it on the ground, Next we remove the cab and place it on a small railroad car to be placed into the shop to be fixed up then the aairtank is removed. After that we move the engine into the shop for more work the boiler,firebox,all pipes everything is removed and will be cleaned rebuilt or replaced. I worked my on this locomotive i scraped like 50 years of crap off dirt oil and who the knows what else then we had to get the tender frame seperated from the engine itsself. This locomotive will be taken apart piece by piece and then put back together again. If you have any questions about this project sent me a message or a comment and i will anwser what i can thanks.

Duration : 0:9:39

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EBT – 1870’s Shops Steam Engine – First run in over 50 years – Part 2

admin — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:54:04 +0000

This 1870’s single cylinder steam engine came to the East Broad Top Railroad in 1882, reportedly from the Rockhill Iron and Coal Company iron furnace nearby. It resides in the Machine Shop near the boilers. This engine supplies the power to all the overhead line shaft and belt system that extends throughout the EBT shops complex. The line shafts powered over thirty five machines, for machining, wood working, blacksmithing and forging. It was last used over fifty years ago when the shops last ran under coal power. This was shortly after the East Broad Top shut down as a coal hauler in the spring of 1956. Since then the limited operation of section of the line shaft system has been via electric motors mounted in those section, disconnected from the rest of the system. In the late 70’s or early 80’s the building had settled too much, throwing the shafts out of line and causing their bearings to overheat in a short time. Since then the shafts too have been silent. In the early 1990’s the roof structure above the engine had deteriorated to the point it had rotted out the large main beam supporting the Boiler House and Machine Shop roof where they meet. Wood cribbing had to be erected atop the engine to hold the roof structure up. In 2002 Friends of the East Broad Top restoration crew members first stared working on the Boiler House and Machine Shop where the engine resides. Over the following seven years work has progressed, culminating in the installation of a replacement main beam and removal of the cribbing. At the same time key parts of the engine were removed and rehabilitated in the hopes it could be returned to service. In 2009 that hope came true. In the Spring of that year restoration crew members freed up the engine mechanisms and reinstalled the rehabilitated components. Using compressed air rather than steam, on July 19, 2009 the engine made its first run shown here. The run lasted over 10 minutes. Later that day the engine made two more shorter runs before being covered. The shops engine is the third of many machines in the EBT shops that Friends of the East Broad Top hopes to bring back into operating condition. Visit us at www.febt.org for more information on our mission, the preservation and restoration of the East Broad Top Railroad. – Part 2

Duration : 0:9:4

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