Steam locomotives to be restored in Cleveland

Saturday marked a turning point when the society and representatives of the Columbus-based America Steam Railroad Preservation Society signed an agreement to work together restoring a second Mikado.

Steve Korpos, roundhouse foreman and a trustee with the Cleveland society, said that within a decade, half a dozen or more steam engines could be there in various stages of rebuilding. In some cases, the projects will be joint efforts by preservation groups.

Steve Harvey, president of the Columbus-based group, said such cooperation is common. He is also associated with the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society and a member of that group was at the roundhouse Saturday for its last open house of the year.

Such mutual assistance is important because working steam engines and the people who know how to operate, repair, and restore them are fast disappearing.

According to steamlocomotive.com, around 10,000 Mikados were built, primarily in the first decades of the 20th century. The website identifies around 40 Mikados believed to be operational,A contract to purchase automated refuse trucks and a new ordinance for trash collection has Bartlesville well on its way to using automated residential trash pickup service. though Harvey places the number much lower.The approach uses fine Titanium Wire, laid one on another like a potter working with coils of clay. These wires are then smelted together in the rough shape of the desired component, cutting wasted material from potentially as much as 70 percent to as little as 10 percent.

Most American railroads had retired their steam engines by 1960 or so. The complex machines weigh more than 300,000 pounds.

MRPS acquired its Mikado in the 1970s and operated it until around 1990, when mechanical failure sidetracked it. Collapse of a portion of the roundhouse in 2003 hampered restoration work as well.

Korpos said the goal is to have it back in motion by 2018, its centennial.

Harvey said his organization acquired its Mikado last year. It remains in storage in central Illinois, and is expected in Cleveland in about a year.

Both were built by ALCO, the name by which most people know the American Locomotive Company,Each part's full needle bearing trunnion allows for increased horsepower and quicker response, and a large roller tip helps prevent wear which made the greatest number of Mikados.

Harvey's current estimate for the cost of restoring the engine is about $800,000. "But it's like restoring an antique car," he said. "You see the outside, the skin, but don't know everything that's wrong until you start taking it apart."

Even if the group had all the necessary cash in hand, the task would take three or four years. Otherwise, it could take a decade or more.

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Another issue is government-required safety standards. Harvey said that every 15 years or 1,472 days of operation, the boiler of a working locomotive has to be stripped down to undergo ultrasound examination for metal fatigue. If a weak area is found,Myvalvecaps offers you the best range of tire valve wholeale 59fifty fitted hats and keys rings that has a realistic repairs are made by a welder certified to work on boilers.