[AT] OT - How a steam locomotive gets built in 1935

[joehardy at epix.net]

Hi Rich! I enjoyed watching that video & brought me back to the old locomotive shop that I used to work in. Its located in Scranton PA and is now a government facility. Its now the only hot forging facility under the army. In the old days, it was built to make steam engines from the ground up - similiar as what was seen in the video. It still had the original gantry cranes rated at 600 ton lifting capacity. I had a chance to look at the original ink drawings on cloth dated around 1905. There is a great steam museum adjoining this facility. I would encourage everyone interested to go to Scranton and ride a steam powered train and look at all the tired iron sitting on the track sidings. It was told that a death or near death occurred almost every day. I remember one dwg showing the locations of urinals  out in the open fastened to the building supports. Within the past few years, the museum personnel had to import skilled trades from Poland to tap their knowledge on how to repair one of the engines. Joe Hardisky   Ryman Farm Dallas, PA where we still have some tired iron on our stone walls. (:> )  
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From: "Richard Walker" <rick427 at roadrunner.com>
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Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 1:36:00 PM
Subject: [AT] OT - How a steam locomotive gets built in 1935

If you have a fast internet connection and twenty minutes to watch this 
video, it's fascinating.

A documentary film made in 1935, showing the processes of steam 
locomotive building, including casting, forging, machining, and assembly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YblqWGmIYTg


- Richard


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