Jay Pat
Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA
Was eating lunch with fellow Friends of the C&TSRR in Antonito this summer. Afterwards, we visited the Stockton Locomotive Works, shop in town.
I had no idea any of this was here.....
The images below are of the White Pass & Yukon Railroad Locomotive #61.
It is a narrow gauge locomotive.
Stathi, the owner is confident he can rebuild this locomotive. It will be a long term project as it is worked on in spare time. He has done a lot so far. A lot of parts will have to be manufactured.
Check out the link below for more images including the locomotive being used as river rip rap in Alaska for 40 years (in the river for 40 years).
Will have to scroll down for the river images.
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3. The is the loco frame. I think the wheels are the lead wheels. The near end of the frame is the rear.
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4. Cody has been cleaning the frame, checking for any cracks.
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5. The cylinder damage is severe, to me. Stathi is confident he can repair this....Incredible!!
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Jay Pat
Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA
#61 was purchased in 1900.
2-8-0. Retired in 1944.
Placed as rip rap along Skagway River in 1949.
Retrieved in 1990.
Wow, that's some undertaking!
What a tough task. Nicely documented, Pat.
Jay Pat wrote:
Was eating lunch with fellow Friends of the C&TSRR in Antonito this summer. Afterwards, we visited the Stockton Locomotive Works, shop in town.
I had no idea any of this was here.....
The images below are of the White Pass & Yukon Railroad Locomotive #61.
It is a narrow gauge locomotive.
Stathi, the owner is confident he can rebuild this locomotive. It will be a long term project as it is worked on in spare time. He has done a lot so far. A lot of parts will have to be manufactured.
Check out the link below for more images including the locomotive being used as river rip rap in Alaska for 40 years (in the river for 40 years).
Will have to scroll down for the river images.
https://www.facebook.com/Stocktonlocomotiveworks/photos/pcb.2204063456574497/2204055826575260/?type=3&theaterWas eating lunch with fellow Friends of the C&... (
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I enjoyed your pictures. I am not on facebook at all so I could not see any more.
Jay Pat
Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA
JustJill wrote:
I enjoyed your pictures. I am not on facebook at all so I could not see any more.
The main thing were a few images of the locomotive in the water and being pushed around on its side with a bulldozer.
Jay Pat wrote:
Was eating lunch with fellow Friends of the C&TSRR in Antonito this summer. Afterwards, we visited the Stockton Locomotive Works, shop in town.
I had no idea any of this was here.....
The images below are of the White Pass & Yukon Railroad Locomotive #61.
It is a narrow gauge locomotive.
Stathi, the owner is confident he can rebuild this locomotive. It will be a long term project as it is worked on in spare time. He has done a lot so far. A lot of parts will have to be manufactured.
Check out the link below for more images including the locomotive being used as river rip rap in Alaska for 40 years (in the river for 40 years).
Will have to scroll down for the river images.
https://www.facebook.com/Stocktonlocomotiveworks/photos/pcb.2204063456574497/2204055826575260/?type=3&theaterWas eating lunch with fellow Friends of the C&... (
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In pic #5 there is scrawled "JB Weld" with an arrow pointing at a massive amount of rusty damage.
I have seen JB Weld accomplish a lot of repairs, however, I believe that this repair will prove to be rather ambitious.
Then again faith can move mountains, and I wish him well in this undertaking.
Smile,
Jimmy T Sends
bpulv
Loc: Buena Park, CA
Thanks Pat,
I had no idea. Once it is restored is the plan to sell it back to WP&YR or will it be kept in the lower 48? Please keep us posted on the project's progress.
Jay Pat
Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA
Jimmy T wrote:
In pic #5 there is scrawled "JB Weld" with an arrow pointing at a massive amount of rusty damage.
I have seen JB Weld accomplish a lot of repairs, however, I believe that this repair will prove to be rather ambitious.
Then again faith can move mountains, and I wish him well in this undertaking.
Smile,
Jimmy T Sends
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That area was talked about.
Stathi said the liner was the main strength to the cylinder. Stathi plans to build the missing area up using the old liner as backing. Then replace the liner. Well, that's how I understood what he described. He didn't seem to think it was a major problem.
I would have thrown in the towel seeing the images of the locomotive laying in the river....
Pat
DickC
Loc: NE Washington state
Good for him, I rode that train out of Skagway to Whitehorse in 1959.
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