41. Newly fabricated gibbs for the locomotive spring rigging.

42. A gibb being machined. Note the block fabricated by the contractor to hold the gibb during the milling process.

43. Work continues on the new tender tool compartment.

44. The new tender tool compartment is place into position for fitting.

45. Work continues on the new eccentric rod.

46. One of the eccentric rods after it’s return from stress relieving. Stress relieving was necessary before work could continue.

47. A finished spring hanger gibb shown next to an old one.

48. A box of completed gibbs.

49. The tender tool compartment shown with the steps, doors, and grab bars in place.

50. The old tender tool compartment door undergoes dismantling for salvageable parts.

51. A new tender tool compartment door being fabricated in the roller.

52. Newly machined universal joints for the stoker augers for the stocker feed chute.

53. More work on the eccentric rods.

54. And more work on the eccentric rods.

55. A front view of the tender showing both tender tool compartments installed.

56. A close up view of the tender steps being fitted.

57. Work begins on the tender hand brake assembly.

58. A newly machined shaft for the hand brake assembly.

59. Locomotive spring rigging parts are sent out for stress relieving.

60. Bracket for tender coal bunker door hinges and tool compartment doors being installed on the tender.

61. Work continues on the tender tool compartment and steps.

62. The coal bunker floor is installed for a trial fit,

63. A coal bunker door hanger is readied for installation.

64. The eccentric rods are almost complete.

65. Another view.

66. Another view.

67. The completed eccentric rods after installation of grease fittings. The completed rod s weigh 49 pounds a peace after machining. That’s 791 pounds less than they started out weighing. It took 400 hours to manufacture the rods.

68. Another view

69. Volunteer Chad Frederickson bevels the edges on the tender rear floor corner sections tender.

70. The tender deck floor drain is cut into the deck plate as well as the drain pipe mounting holes.

71. The tender lift eye is fitted into place.

72. New shafts for the tender water delivery valves had to be fabricated.

73. The tender coal bunker doors are trial fitted.

74. New tender pullin bars (old time railroader slang for pull bars) have to be fabricated.

75. The bar stock mounted in the Kearney and Trecker mill for milling.

76. The nearly completed pullin bar.

77. The bar is remounted in the mill for further work.

78. Tender water delivery valves after buildup and machining. New gaskets have also been applied.

79. Close up of the machining on the water valve.

80. Machinist Joe Kadelak machining one of the pullin bars. Two are required and both had to be replaced due to wear.

81. Volunteer Tom Diehl needled scaling a superheater prior to hydrostatic testing for leaks or other defects.

82. Volunteers Walter Elvidge and Chad Frederickson assist contractor Bill Frederickson placing a superheater in the test fixture.

83. Volunteers Walter Elvidge and Chad Frederickson hydrostatic testing a superheater. The pressure gauge reads 1200 psi.

84. Volunteers Walter Elvidge, Chad Frederickson, and Charles Cantrell assisting contractor Bill Frederickson in banding the superheaters. Altoona employee Mike Tillger is removing cinder guards and old bands prior to rebanding.

85. Another view of the banding process.