Steam & Excursion > PM 1225 repairs

Here is some pics. of 1225 on Friday. This is the first time we had it fired up sence we did all the work on it over the past 10 months.

Here is the short list of the work we did this year:
-New rear corners.
-350 flexible and ridged staybolts.
-New set of superheaters.
-Replumbled the cab.
-Reblumbed all around the firebox.
-Rewired the whole engine.
-Add new plumbing to the tender.
-New arch tubes.
-New grates.
-Replumbed the air system on it.
-14 new bushings and washout plugs.
-All new jacketing in the cab.
-New lagging to the fire box.

Their was alot of other little things done that the public will never see but help the crew service it on the road.

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Here are a few more pics.

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Beautiful!

Question: Are those grab irons required to be painted in yellow, cannot be white?

Last one is of the key guys that spent the last few weeks getting the engine back to gether for are winter runs.

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Here is a short cut to a commercial we are running. The trips are just about sold out for the year.

http://home.comcast.net/~njones4455/NPE2006SRI.wmv

Very good photos !....I like her front end....Thanks for posting.

Chris

I could only wish I could take photos that well. We have a young man that does all are photos and takes care of are web site. He actually is in the process of getting his degree in photography.

Wow, great images.
#1 is a real award winner IMO.
great work you guys..thanks for keepin the fires burning!

chico
http://www.heartlandrails.com/home/home.asp

Nice photograph....creative use of fill flash with a bit a natural light. Great effect.

JBW

I LOVE to see PROGRESS!!! This is PROGRESS!!! And I know that it took a lot of dirty, fatiguing work--probably on people's off days and such--a labor of love.

Are there any recommendations for quality videos on this beautiful engine (aside from the POLAR EXPRESS--which I've yet to see--LOL!)???

Kudos to all involved.

As for the "sold out trips"--where will the 1225 be running on these?

Phenomenal photographs!
Thanks for the updates, as well!

/Mitch

We sell a couple of different videos at the museum. Bent Rail productions does all our videos now. They have a couple of real good videos out. You can purchase them thru the museum too.

Went there this weekend, had a good time! Here are some shots I took, in my humble opinion any berk from Lima is very photogenic!

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Here is the short list of the work we did this year:
-New rear corners.
-350 flexible and ridged staybolts.
-New set of superheaters.
-Replumbled the cab.
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-Their was alot of other little things done that the public will never see but help the crew service it on the road.
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That's one heckuva short list !! Love to see the long one !

Keep up the excellent work so that this Berk may have a verrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyy long 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, .... lifetime !!

Mike

Check out this company for a good 1225 video:

http://www.bentrailproductions.com/

The video covers the Bluewater/SRI trip to Grayling from October 2005 and also has shots from some of the trips of that year on T&SB. Definitely worth picking up.

Chris .

> Here is a short cut to a commercial we are
> running. The trips are just about sold out for
> the year.

Finally! A good commercial for a rail fan event! Now, can you make one for the C&TS? :-)

TB

Wow, that's a LOT of work and you guys should be very proud of yourselves. Wish I could get back that way and watch her run. Thanks for the update and photos.