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Historic
Machinery Services has the experience and capabilities to provide turnkey rebuilding or restoration from the smallest to the
largest steam locomotives in operation. Fifteen years of managing the repair and maintence to Norfolk Southern Corporation's
steam fleet of locomotives, from a light Pacific class to a modern 300 ton articulated locomotive, has provided vast experience.
An additional eighteen years experience has been obtained by repair work to steam locomotives, narrow gauge and standard gauge,
across the United States and Canada.
WHETHER EXTENSIVE REBUILDING OR MINOR COMPONENT REPAIR, WE CAN DO IT!
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Newly
fabricated spring rigging parts. The old parts were extremely worn out and drawings provided did not remotely agree with the
parts. The new parts were made based on conjecture, which was proven correct when weight was placed on the spring rigging
system and the locomotive settled in.
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9" x 14"trailing truck brass being preheated for pouring
of new Babbitt metal lining
Testing flatness of the wedge pedestal face, after
weld build up. Grinding, filing and scraping of these surfaces insures a consistent bearing surface with the shoes, wedges
and driving boxs.
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Frame tram completed. New shoes and wedges machined
and installed ready to lower frame on drivers.
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Portable crank pin turning - a quick and affordable
way to improve the surface finish, and quarter, of driving wheel crank pins without removing drivers.
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Slide valve seat is being machined to remove corrosion
pitting; after machining the seat will be lapped flat and fitted to the D-valve.
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