Steam & Excursion > ATSF 2926 Society Receives $10,000 Candelaria Fund Grant

It was announced yesterday that the New Mexico Steam Locomotive and RailRoad Historical Society was in receipt of a $10,000 grant from the Candelaria Fund. Dr. Michael Hartshorne, Society President, said the grant will help finish the restoration and pay for initial testing expenses and insurance (which look like they will be "whopping $ amounts").

The Candelaria Fund is a Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundation in Little River, California.

We sincerely thank the Candelaria Fund and it's President, Mr. Richard Tower, for the grant.

Information on the Society and how you can contribute can be found on our home page and How to Help link.
http://nmslrhs.org/
http://nmslrhs.org/Help/howtohelp.php

Photos:
1. Equipment beneath the engineer's side of the cab. Piping is for use with the 26L brakestand.
2. Location of the 26L brakestand in the cab and fitting the pipe.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/03/16 14:49 by Cumbresfan.

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Why the 26 L brake ????    I would have though they would have retained the 8 PL that the loco was built with.

Malcolm
New Zealand.

The biggest reason to me would be service intervals and parts availability. If you have a failure just about anywhere in the country with a 26, a shops nearby will have parts.

Joe

The FRA would flagged that in a heartbeat.

joeygooganelli Wrote:
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> The biggest reason to me would be service
> intervals and parts availability. If you have a
> failure just about anywhere in the country with a
> 26, a shops nearby will have parts.
>
> Joe

Agreed.  8L parts are hard to come by.  When NS shut down their steam program (prior to the 21st Century Steam days), I believe UP came in and bought up all the 8L parts they could get their hands on, because they were getting so scarce.  Know at least one steam operator, who tried to buy some 8L parts (and even asked UP if they could buy some from them) and left empty handed.

2926 had 6ET brakes originally. It is now getting easier-replaced 26L pieces/parts, a wise move.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/06/16 22:47 by Abqfoamer.