Altoona Railway Museum Club: PRR K-4s #1361 Restoration Photos

	The wheels and axles arrive back at Steam town form Tennessee Valley Railway Museum. The wheels were sent to the TVRM to have the stress cracks repaired and the axles and tires replaced.		Another view of the wheel sets.
	Front view of tender. The lower half of the old rear slope sheet has been removed and the new slope sheet section is being fitted.		Another view of the rear slope sheet section being fitted.
	Interior view of tender showing slope sheet braces being fitted to the stocker side sheets and slope sheet. The braces extend around the side of the stoker side sheets and are attached to the tender side slope sheets.		The stocker assembly is reinstalled in the tender to trial fit the stocker mounting rails and the angle iron that will become the mounting brackets for the stocker floor plate assembly.
	Another view showing the stocker mounting rails and floor plate mounting brackets.		Front view of steam cylinders showing the new studs, in place, that were fabricated by Walter Elvidge and Charles Cantrell.
	Several parts on the tender hand brake assembly required repairing. The photo shows one of the parts. The roller assembly was machined from scratch to replace the badly deteriorated cast part seen in the foreground.		Various pins that were fabricated to reassemble the brake rigging on the pony truck assembly.
	Another part of the tender hand brake assembly being repaired.		View of the completed stocker and slope sheet brace.
	View of tender showing the completed stoker floor mounting bracket and rail assemblies.		Interior view of tender showing the additional bracing being fabricated to support the rear slope sheet. New and redesigned bracing was necessary due to removal of the braces and sheeting for the water scoop that will not be reinstalled.
	View of floor mounting plates being fabricated to install slope sheet braces.		Slope sheet mounting brackets are drilled in preparation for riveting. It was necessary to fabricate additional bracing because the water scoop will not be reinstalled along with the sheeting/bracing that it required to support the slope sheet.
	A pallet of brake rigging parts returns from the machine shop. The parts required buildup and machining due to excessive wear.		Another view of the brake rigging.
	The rear slope sheet is hoisted into place to check fit.		To simplify managing the magnetic drill, it was attached to the crane. It can then be manipulated with less effort considering it weights of about forty pounds.
	View of the magnetic drill mounted on the rear slope sheet. It is held in position by magnetic current which turns its base into an electromagnet.		Interior view of tender showing the rivet holes that were drilled using the mag drill.
	Another view of the slope sheet work.		One of eight pins being fabricated to replace the worn out pins used on the pony truck swing bolster.
	This was the deterioration discovered when the decretive/reinforcement molding was removed from the tender. Past restorations had used “Bondo” (body putty) to cosmetically cover the problem.		This shows the same view on the engineer’s side.
	This view is meant to show the excessive wear along the top edge of the tender side sheet. One can also see the deterioration of the tender deck.		Due to excessive wear along the top edge of the tender, the rivet holes are welded shut. The weld will be ground flat and then drilled to match the new slope sheet and deck sheet as well as there bracing.
	Due to deterioration, it was necessary to fabricated new supports for the rear slope sheet and the tender water deck.		New bushings are shown being fabricated for the new equalizer keys. Check the August web update for further information involving this repair.
	Another view of the bushing fabrication.		The power reverse mechanism is completed and is temporarily secured to the frame for storage.
	Just a few of the 250+ rigid stay bolts for the wrapper sheet installation machined by volunteer Walter Elvidge.		New pins for the installation of the pony truck swing bolster near completion.
	New tender hold down bolts that were fabricated by Walter Elvidge, the contractor, and Charles Cantrell. These bolts and nuts began life as a 3”x36” piece of round bar stock.		The worn out upper edge of the tender is being replaced with a new section.
	In this photo, one can see the corner section being fabricated for replacement.		The worn out upper section on the tender has been cut out for replacement on the fireman’s side of the tender.
	An inside view of the replacement work.		Close-up of the work.
	Photo of one two tender deck support brackets being fabricated to replace the worn out sections.		New side slope sheet brace after fabrication and temporary installation. The brace must now be riveted into place for the work to be complete.