Driving wheels
Homecoming
In The News
KCRA 3 in Sacramento aired a story about the Sierra #3 on Wednesday evening. You can see it for yourself (note: Reporter Walt Gray refers to being able to see it at Jamestown next month. Shop tours resume on the 11th of November, but we don’t expect to be operational until April!)
http://www.kcra.com/video/21469294/index.html
Also, an article in the Sacramento Bee on Thursday
Oversized Load
Zero Days ’til Ship

For two months of alternate shifts working 7 days a week, this board has tracked the time. Today was the final shift, the last of several long days this week.
Crunch Time-Today in the Shop

Al DiPaolo and George Sapp adjust the rigging for the final lift of the boiler, while the documentary film crew looks on.

Lisa Smithson and Don Shapiro scrape the bearing surfaces of the driving boxes in preparation for the final fit.

Don Shapiro applies machinist's blue dye to the axles of the driving wheels for testing of the driving boxes.

Lisa Smithson operates the crane while Leonard Jones rocks the box back and forth over the dye-covered axle. An examination of the stained bearing surface indicates what still needs to be scraped and the process is repeated until the surface is perfectly married.

With the boiler on the ground for the final time, Dennis "DJ" Ponder grinds down the proud rivets, while being documented by the film crew.