| Posted by FSWood on May 16, 2022 | |
Now that is interesting! But I don't expect that Alvin Staufer is going to be updating the roster in his Pennsy Power book.
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Thanks for sharing this updated view of #5550 Mitch....she's going to be a PRR brunswick green monster! I sure wish the PRR had kept one of the originals, but this replacement will do just fine. Signed, an existing donor to the T1 Trust Fund.
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Mitch, thanks for recording the scene and for your detailed caption. For anyone wishing to read more about the PRR T1s, I recommend the late Mr. William L. Withuhn's book, "American Steam Locomotives, Design and Development, 1880-1960," specifically, Chapter 19- "The T1 and Poppet Valves: The Last Important Innovation." The chapter contains some revelatory information, astounding to any student of the Superpower steam era.
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And there is a great big beautiful tomorrow where this thing is running.
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I think this project even exceeds the restoration of the 4014. I hope to live long enough to see this project when it is completed.
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What I considered amazing in the rebuild of the boiler is that the courses are welded, not riveted, together (what looks like rivets in the firebox course are likely stay-bolts). The next amazing reconstruction will be the frame and cylinders.
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